The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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