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The first jet aircraft was invented in Nazi Germany. Development started in 1936, and the first takeoff occurred on August 27, 1939.
The 1831 London Bridge couldn’t handle the amount of traffic it was getting, so in 1968, it was sold, dismantled, and rebuilt in Arizona as a tourist attraction in Lake Havasu City.
Jean Maridor, a French pilot, died on August 3, 1944, when his attempt to deflect a V-1 bomb led to an explosion. His sacrifice prevented the bomb from hitting a field hospital.
Historically, an “outlaw” was someone who was no longer protected by the law as punishment for a crime, allowing members of the public to persecute them at will legally.
Pope Celestine V was reluctantly elected as Pope after sending the Cardinals an angry letter warning of divine judgment if they didn’t choose a pope soon.
Corporal Frank Buckles was the last surviving American soldier from WWI, passing away in 2011 at age 110. His advice for a long life was, “When you start to die… don’t.”
Until selective breeding made them taste better, watermelons tasted bitter and were harvested only for their water content.
The videotapes originally used to record the Apollo 11 Moon landing were accidentally erased during a period when video tapes were scarce.
California was once a Russian colony. Until 1841, Russians controlled land as far south as Bodega Bay, just 50 miles north of San Francisco.
When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon, Buzz conducted a private communion service, drinking wine from a silver chalice he’d brought from his church.
In 1456, 25 years after her execution, Joan of Arc was declared innocent in a retrial initiated by Pope Callixtus III.
On August 25, 2010, a plane in Congo crashed due to panic caused by an escaped crocodile, resulting in 20 deaths and two survivors, including the crocodile.
At its peak, the British Empire covered about 35.5 million square kilometers, which is 93.4 percent of the Moon’s surface area.
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 the 9/11 attacks, a Maasai tribe in Kenya gifted 14 cows to the United States in a gesture of sympathy and solidarity.
The Golden Orphism Book is one of the world’s oldest surviving books. It’s made of six gold pages bound together, and dates back to approximately 600–660 BC.
When Blackbeard captured ships, many of the enslaved Africans on board would go on to become pirates. By the time he died, nearly one-third of his crew were former slaves.
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.
Thomas Edison invented an electric pen in 1876, which was later adapted to become the first electric tattoo machine in 1891.
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.
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.
On March 30, 1867, the U.S. bought Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million, using a Treasury check for payment.
