A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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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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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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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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