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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.
Raw salmon sushi gained popularity in Japan only after the Norwegian salmon industry began a marketing campaign in the 1980s and 1990s to sell its parasite-free farmed Atlantic salmon.
Humans have been using yeast to produce alcohol for over 13,000 years, with evidence of beer brewing dating back to 11,000 BC in modern-day Israel.
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.
In 1908, Russia was hit with a meteor so large it created an explosion 1,000 times as strong as the Hiroshima bomb and destroyed an area two-thirds the size of Rhode Island.
Popularized by the Shakespeare play, many people think Julius Caesar’s last words were “And you, Brutus?” In reality, he said, “You too, my child?”
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 the 1920s, the U.S. sold a radioactive “health” drink called Radithor. Its biggest fan, millionaire Eben Byers, drank about 1,400 bottles before dying from radiation-induced cancers.
The oldest “your mom” joke was discovered on a 3,500-year-old Babylonian tablet in Iraq in 1976. Although the tablet has since been lost, the text was preserved.
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 2014, the Fresno chapter of the Hells Angels waited in line for five days at a Walmart to purchase over 200 bicycles, which they donated to children in need.
In 1942, 12-year-old Calvin Graham enlisted in the U.S. Navy by lying about his age. He became a decorated war hero at age 13 but was thrown out of the Navy after his mom found out.
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.
In 1943, U.S. officials imposed a short-lived ban on sliced bread as a wartime conservation measure, which lasted less than two months.
In the 18th century, French astronomer Charles Messier cataloged 110 of the most fascinating astronomical objects he found while searching the night sky for comets.
Ricky Nelson’s “Poor Little Fool” made history as the very first song to hit number one on Billboard’s Hot 100 on August 4, 1958.
When Buzz Aldrin first stepped onto the Moon, his first words were “Beautiful view. Magnificent desolation.”
From 1784 to 1811, men’s hats were taxed by the British government, with licensed sellers required to place a revenue stamp inside each hat.
Abraham Lincoln’s son, Robert, was nearly crushed by a train, only to be rescued by Edwin Booth. A year later, Edwin’s brother, John Wilkes Booth, murdered President Abraham Lincoln.
The original Star-Spangled Banner was sewn on a brewery floor in Baltimore in 1813 by Mary Pickersgill and her daughter.
A contributing factor to the Titanic sinking was the use of faulty, low-quality rivets made of a lower-grade iron than what was standard for the time.
The apple tree that inspired Sir Isaac Newton’s theory of gravity is still alive and growing fruit at Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire, England.
If the electors of the Holy Roman Emperor did not vote within 30 days, they were only allowed to eat bread and water and were forbidden to leave the city.
