In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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