The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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