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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    A female photographer in the 50s took tens of thousands of pictures and remained remained unknown until her death. She is now considered one of the most important street photographers ever.
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    The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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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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    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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    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih, once a prostitute, became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of China during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.
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    Derinkuyu Underground City
    Derinkuyu Underground City
    In 1963, a man found a mysterious room behind a wall in his home that lead to a huge underground city that once housed up to 20,000 people, complete with schools, livestock pens, and food stores, dating back over a millennium.
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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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