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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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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In the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.
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Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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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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