A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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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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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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