A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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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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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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