During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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