The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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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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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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In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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