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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In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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