A WW2 observation pilot, bored of not being in combat, decided to strap 6 bazookas to his plane. He destroyed several enemy tanks and vehicles. His name was Lt. Col. Charles Carpenter, aka Bazooka Charlie / The Mad Major.
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The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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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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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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