The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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