During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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