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About 28.4% of Cambodian adults experience symptoms of PTSD from the Khmer Rouge era, during which almost a third of the population was massacred.
According to the Russian Public Opinion Research Center, Russia’s oldest polling institution, 49% of Russians believe that the moon landing was a hoax.
Helen Keller was related to Confederate General Robert E. Lee through her paternal grandmother, who was his second cousin.
After Apollo 11 launched from Cape Canaveral in 1969, the bishop of Orlando joked that he was bishop of the Moon according to Canon Laws relating to newly discovered territories.
Ivan the Terrible’s lost library, said to contain ancient texts, has inspired centuries of treasure hunts but remains undiscovered.
In 1995, the Empire State Building was lit in blue to commemorate the launch of blue M&Ms, a new color selected by more than 11 million voters in a national campaign.
Vesna Vulović survived the highest recorded fall without a parachute in 1972, plummeting from 33,333 feet. She spent 16 months in the hospital recovering from the incident.
In 1880, the pilgrim ship SS Jeddah was abandoned by its captain in a storm and reported sunk, but it survived until another ship towed it to Aden with almost all 953 passengers alive.
On February 17, 1974, Army private Robert K. Preston landed a stolen helicopter on the White House lawn to demonstrate his flying skills after being denied entry to flight school.
When Boston went into lockdown after the 2013 Marathon bombing, authorities asked Dunkin’ Donuts to remain open to supply food and drinks to police and emergency responders.
The USA’s original motto, “E Pluribus Unum” (“Out of many, one”), was taken from the cover slogan of a gentlemen’s magazine from England.
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.
In ancient Rome, commoners would evacuate entire cities in acts of revolt called “Secessions of the Plebeians,” leaving the elite in the cities to fend for themselves.
Following the Chernobyl disaster, sunflowers were planted in an attempt to remove radioactive elements from contaminated water and soil.
Caesarion, the last Pharaoh of Egypt, was widely believed to be Julius Caesar’s son, but Caesar never publicly confirmed or denied this.
Nathan Bedford Forrest, the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, later changed his mind and argued in defense of racial equality.
The Danish flag, known as the “Dannebrog,” is the oldest continuously used national flag, with historical references dating back to at least the 1370s.
The Black Death killed so many people in the 14th century that the world population did not recover to pre-plague levels until the 17th century.
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris was mainly constructed between 1163 and 1260, though work on details continued for centuries.
In 1941, before the US entered WWII, many Americans mailed tea to Buckingham Palace as a sign of support to England. The Queen, being good and proper, sent thank-you notes.
