A WW2 observation pilot, bored of not being in combat, decided to strap 6 bazookas to his plane. He destroyed several enemy tanks and vehicles. His name was Lt. Col. Charles Carpenter, aka Bazooka Charlie / The Mad Major.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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