The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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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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