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In 1985, the New Orleans lifeguards threw a pool party to celebrate a season without a single drowning. Ironically, a man drowned in the pool that night.
The 49-star U.S. flag was introduced on July 4, 1959, after Alaska became a state. It was replaced a year later by the 50-star flag following Hawaii’s statehood.
On December 11, 2004, over 5 million people in Bangladesh formed the longest human chain in history, stretching 1,050 kilometers (652.4 miles) from Teknaf to Tentulia.
In 1991, Yugoslav tank driver Vladimir Živković deserted the Vukovar front by driving his tank to Belgrade and parking it outside the federal parliament in protest.
Mahmud II, who ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1808 to 1839, is believed to have had about 19 consorts and fathered at least 37 children, including 18 sons and 19 daughters.
In World War II, Germany attempted to collapse the British economy by producing millions of counterfeit bills, but the plan to drop these bills over London was never carried out.
In 1983, a Royal Navy Sea Harrier made an emergency landing on the Spanish ship Alraigo; the owners claimed they “rescued” the jet under maritime law and received £570,000 compensation.
When Napoleon Bonaparte’s nephew, Louis, was made king of Holland, he mixed up his words and told the crowd, “I am the Rabbit of Holland” instead of “I am the King.”
Joe Arridy, who had an IQ of 46, was called the “happiest prisoner on death row” and entered the gas chamber smiling; he was later found to be innocent.
In January 1945, the German ship Wilhelm Gustloff was sunk by a Soviet submarine in the Baltic Sea, killing about 9,400 people and making it the deadliest maritime disaster in history.
Saint Lucia is the only country named after a woman, Saint Lucy of Syracuse, a name given by French sailors.
Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress, winning a seat in the House of Representatives in 1916, four years before women had the right to vote.
Athenian lawmaker Draco gave Athens its first written code. The word “draconian” comes from his name because his laws were so harsh that even minor offenses were punishable by death.
The Quakers invented price tags to stop haggling, believing it was unethical to charge customers differently.
One of South Korea’s worst oil spills occurred on December 7, 2007, and within 33 days, more than one million civilians, soldiers, and officials had volunteered to help with the cleanup.
“Rock, paper, scissors” originated in China during the Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE), where it was known as “shoushiling.”
In 1992, a North Dakota teen lost his arms in a farm accident, but managed to call for help by using his mouth to open a door and dial for help with a pencil. Both arms were reattached.
The apple tree that inspired Sir Isaac Newton’s theory of gravity is still alive and growing fruit at Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire, England.
In 1896, bars in New York often served the same sandwich to different customers all day as a loophole to avoid laws that required them to serve meals with alcohol sales.
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris was mainly constructed between 1163 and 1260, though work on details continued for centuries.
