The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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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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The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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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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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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