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Nutella was invented during World War II when an Italian pastry maker mixed hazelnuts into chocolate to extend his chocolate ration.
On September 19, 1967, the Republic of Benin was declared but lasted only seven hours before Nigerian forces retook Benin City.
More than 3,000 years ago, Assyrian astronomers recorded Mercury on the MUL.APIN tablets and called it UDU.IDIM.GU₄.UD, meaning “the jumping planet.”
In Las Vegas during the 1950s, Casinos offered “Atomic Tourism,” where guests could watch atomic bombs tested in the desert as entertainment.
As much as 8% of the human genome is made up of ancient viruses that our distant primate ancestors survived.
In the 1875 Dublin whiskey fire, 13 people died not from the flames but from alcohol poisoning after whiskey from burning warehouses flooded the streets and was drunk by residents.
California was once a Russian colony. Until 1841, Russians controlled land as far south as Bodega Bay, just 50 miles north of San Francisco.
Ancient Egyptians were among the earliest cultures to use makeup, with evidence of cosmetic use dating back as far as 5,000 years.
Despite the German Autobahn’s worldwide reputation as a highway with no speed limits, approximately 30% to 40% of its sections are actually regulated by speed limits.
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.
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.
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.
In July 1986, two STR-1 robots, based on Soviet lunar rovers, were deployed to Chornobyl to clear radioactive debris but eventually failed due to high radiation levels.
In 18th-century England, having a pineapple was a symbol of wealth because of high import fees. They were often used as displays instead of being eaten.
Until selective breeding made them taste better, watermelons tasted bitter and were harvested only for their water content.
Silent movie actors were initially not given on-screen credit for fear that they would become famous and subsequently demand higher wages.
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.
The first known minted coins were in Lydia in the late 7th century BC using a natural gold and silver alloy. They were created under early Lydian kings to standardize trade and payments.
After the USSR successfully launched the world’s first satellite, NASA tried to launch its own. It crashed in 3 seconds, so the press dubbed it “Kaputnik.”
The apple tree that inspired Sir Isaac Newton’s theory of gravity is still alive and growing fruit at Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire, England.
At its peak, the British Empire covered about 35.5 million square kilometers, which is 93.4 percent of the Moon’s surface area.
In the 1800s, some wealthy people wore dentures made from teeth pulled from dead soldiers at the Battle of Waterloo; these later became known as “Waterloo teeth.”
