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50 Humbling Facts About 9/11
The employee who gave the order to ground all planes after the 9/11 attacks was Ben Sliney - and it was his first day on the job.
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50 Humbling Facts About 9/11
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Why Did Pirates Wear Eye-patches?
Those trademark pirate eye-patches are nothing to do with a missing eye, but rather to see better in the dark.
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The Weird History of the Amsterdam Eel Riots
Amsterdam’s infamous Eel Riots led to the deaths of 26 people - and one eel.
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8 Interesting Facts About The Battle of the Alamo
The Alamo Mission was founded in 1718 in the San Antonio area of Texas, and was designed to educate the Native Americans.
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30 Awesome Facts About Vikings
500 years before Christopher Columbus “found” the shores of America, the Vikings landed on what is now Canada around 1000 AD.
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30 Facts About The Battle of Hastings For Kids
In order to reach Hastings, the Normans sailed about 700 ships across the English Channel.
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30 Impressive Facts About Vincent van Gogh
During his lifetime, van Gogh created about 2,100 pieces of art. Most of them were done in the last 2 years of his life.
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30 Interesting Facts About King Henry VIII
Henry VIII’s shortest marriage was to Anne of Cleves, lasting only 6 months and 3 days.
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The Life and Death of the Concorde
The last Concorde to fly our skies was run by British Airways on October 24, 2003 from New York's JFK Airport to London Heathrow.
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The History of Space Travel Timeline
Albert II became the first monkey in space on June 14, 1949, in a specially adapted US V2 rocket.
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When Were the Planets Discovered in Our Solar System?
A day on Uranus lasts 17 Earth hours, and a year on the planet equates to 84 years on Earth.
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The Meaning Behind “Trick or Treat”
The practice of trick-or-treating has been around since the time of the Celts 2,000 years ago. Halloween was then called Samhain.