"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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During WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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