There’s a Swedish power metal band called “Sabaton” who teach history through their music, including an album devoted to teaching about World War Two.
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It has been calculated that every 2 minutes, we take more pictures than all of humanity in the 19th century.
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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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In real life, Pocahontas was 11 years old when she met John Smith - he was 28.
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In 1956, the IBM 350 hard disk drive had 3.75 MB of storage, weighed over 2000 lbs, had to be moved around with forklifts, and was delivered via large cargo airplanes.
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