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technology history

D-cell batteries were first produced in 1898.

space life

the largest known structure in the observable universe.

science flight old

Vacuum Airships.

historical friendship

Eleanor Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart were very close friends.

sport club league

The smallest football (soccer) league in the world.

global war mountain

War in the mountains at over 20,000 feet in altitude.

political figure

Diane Abbott.

sport figure

Althea Gibson.

art value

Untouched apartment in Paris opened after 70 years.

historical sky first

The 1st man to exit and return to the same aircraft in flight without a parachute.

environmental royal political figure

Prince Charles of Wales.

environmental issue

Water_pollution.

global space storm

Northern lights in the Caribbean.

historical town

The preserved and dynamic gold-rush town.

war flight

Winged Tanks were in development during World War II.

environmental figure

Richard Sandbrook.

political female figure

Wangaari Mathaai.

historical literature figure

Rabindranath Tagore.

animal agriculture pesticide

Neonics pesticides act like an appetite suppressant for birds.

queen politics female figure

Queen Elizabeth II.

band reunion tour

ABBA turned down 1 billion dollars to do a reunion tour.

historical figure female

President Harry Truman appointed Georgia Neese Clark as the first female Treasurer in 1949.

historical figure woman

Gertrude Ederle.

environmental figure

William Morris.

female political figure

Eleanor Roosevelt.

media game

Tomb Raider was intended to be a man.

food contest game

Indiana once offered a bacon-scented scratch-off lottery ticket.

music pop figure female

Lil’ Kim.

law history judgment

Ernesto Miranda's supreme court case led to the Miranda rights.

philosophy figure

Aristotle.

environmental figure

Rachel Carson.

historical model

Naomi Parker Fraley.

medical message

Blood donors in Sweden get a text message thanking them for their donation.

teenage pregnancy statistics drop media television 👶🏿 👨‍👩‍👧

MTV’s '16 and Pregnant' contributed to a record decline in U.S. teen pregnancy.

sport figure name

Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo was named after Ronald Reagan.

movie independent

Where the Buffalo Roam.

movie

Clockwork Orange was so controversial in the UK that Kubrick requested Warner Brothers withdraw the movie.

sport figure

Usain Bolt.

environmental issue

Acid Rain.

animal politics

Canada has a polar bear jail.

political figure

William Jennings Bryan.

sport figure

Roger Federer.

card game figure history

The King of Hearts is the only one without a moustache.

environmental issue

Climate Change.

power energy

France has 58 nuclear reactors.

fight animal boxer bribe

Mike Tyson once offered a zoo attendant 10,000 dollars to let him fight a gorilla.

historical female figure

Mary McLeod Bethune.

economics island

The Micronesian island of Yap is known for its stone money.

environmental figure

James Lovelock.

eye fact visible

Muscae volitantes, Latin for "flying flies”.

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