In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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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 Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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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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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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