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 University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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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 first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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