During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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The exact cause of death and burial site of Genghis Khan is unknown, because all of the 2000 funeral guests and 800 soldiers were killed in order to preserve the secret.
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