In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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