During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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