During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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A female photographer in the 50s took tens of thousands of pictures and remained remained unknown until her death. She is now considered one of the most important street photographers ever.
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During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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In the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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