The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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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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It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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