The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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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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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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