In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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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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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 life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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