Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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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 first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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