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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.”
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.
In 1943, off the Russell Islands, USS O’Bannon’s crew threw potatoes at a Japanese submarine’s deck crew to keep them from their gun before sinking the sub with gunfire and charges.
The original Star-Spangled Banner was sewn on a brewery floor in Baltimore in 1813 by Mary Pickersgill and her daughter.
Ivan the Terrible’s lost library, said to contain ancient texts, has inspired centuries of treasure hunts but remains undiscovered.
The character Russell Crowe played in “Gladiator” was based on at least four different historical people.
At its peak, the British Empire covered about 35.5 million square kilometers, which is 93.4 percent of the Moon’s surface area.
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.
In ancient Athens, there were no professional lawyers; citizens represented themselves in court, and could not legally accept fees to plead another’s case.
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.
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.
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.
Public interest in space exploration declined after the 1969 moon landing, with many Americans questioning the costs and priorities of NASA’s missions.
A nickelodeon was a type of early movie theater that charged 5 cents (a nickel) for admission and was the precursor to modern cinema.
Mount Rushmore was constructed over 14 years, from 1927 to 1941, with the help of 400 workers. The entire project cost just under one million dollars.
Around 10,000 underground nuclear bunkers were built during the Cold War in Beijing. They were later sold as real estate and are currently inhabited by over a million people.
In the 3rd century BC, the Greek astronomer Aristarchus of Samos proposed that the Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun.
In 1937, a major fire broke out at the Fox Film Studios in New Jersey. The fire destroyed 75% of their movies, including most of their silent films.
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 1992, a mere 359 years after condemning him for heresy for it, the Vatican admitted that Galileo’s theory that the Earth revolves around the sun was correct.
