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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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    The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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    Fire Hydrant Patent
    Fire Hydrant Patent
    No one really knows who invented the fire hydrant, because its patent was burned in a fire.
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    Tsar Bomba
    Tsar Bomba
    The largest nuclear bomb ever built, the Tsar Bomba, caused damage up to approximately 1,000km away.
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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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