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 first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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