Mathematical proof that 1+1=2 takes 162 pages to explain in the three volume work “Principia Mathematica”.
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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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If NYC were its own country, and the NYPD was its army, it would be the twentieth-best-funded army in the world, just behind Greece and just ahead of North Korea.
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In 2014, a college in upstate New York started offering classes on the sociology of Miley Cyrus.
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In 1846, a 14 year old French peasant girl named Angelique Cottin was found to possess extraordinary electrical power. With a gentle touch she could knock over heavy pieces of furniture and even shock people near her.
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In 2013, AOL declared that they still made over $500 million a year through dial-up internet subscriptions.
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