The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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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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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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In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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