In the 1640's the Dutch inhabitants of New Amsterdam built a 12' wall for protection.

In 1664 the British ignored the wall and took New Amsterdam by sea. It's now called New York.

They took down the wall and built a street. Today It's called Wall Street

A 19th-century railroad worker named Phineas Gage had an iron rod rammed through his head—and survived. In one of the most bizarre medical anomalies in history, Gage lived another 12 full years despite having had his brain’s left frontal lobe mostly destroyed in the incident. His story does have another interesting twist to it though—friends of his say that his behavior was virtually unrecognizable from this point on, describing him as “no longer Gage.

Tigers, jaguars and leopards all love the smell of Calvin Klein’s cologne "Obsession For Men." The fragrance is even used to lure the large cats to cameras in the wild. In response to the cologne, the cats “would start drooling, their eyes would half-close, almost like they were going into a trance.” Not quite the same effect as it has on humans.

Mexico City captured by U.S. forces
U.S. General Winfield Scott's advance on Mexico City was marked by an unbroken series of victories that culminated this day in 1847, when he entered Mexico City and ended the military phase of the Mexican-American War.

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When the world’s top athletes win gold medals at the Olympics, what they take home is only partially gold. While the medals were originally pure gold, the last of those were awarded in 1912. These days, both the gold and silver medals are 92.5 percent silver. Gold medals only look the way they do because they have to be plated with at least six grams of gold.

Deodorant is a rare commodity in Korea because most Koreans have bodies that do not produce odour due to large scale dominance of the ABCC11 GENE.

Evidence provided for black hole theory

At a scientific conference in Washington, D.C., this day in 2001, scientists described an observation of energy flares that provided strong evidence of the theorized black hole at the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Will Wight, the creator of the iconic gaming franchise, suffered a tragic house fire in 1991, where he lost everything to the flames.

After that, he had a vision of rebuilding his house, which led him to think of a game where one would create a “virtual dollhouse,” and from that, The Sims was born.

On statues, a horse’s legs tell you how the statue figure died.
If a horse has both its front legs in the air, then the person died in battle.

If the horse has one of its front legs in the air, they died of wounds received from a battle.

And if the horse has both its front legs on the ground, then the person died of natural causes.

Almost 30% of the world’s gold reserves are held in a vault underneath the island of Manhattan. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York takes up a full block between Maiden Lane and William, Liberty and Nassau streets, and it holds the world's largest gold depository. Only 5% of the USA’s gold reserves are kept there though—the rest belongs to international banks like the IMF.

For their first month of living, babies only see in black & white.
They also only see silhouettes and are unable to focus on items just after their birth.

This is because their retinal nerve cells aren’t fully established yet, and they lack the capability to process visual information

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Genghis Khan’s Tomb
Living from the mid 12th century to the early 13th, Genghis Khan is the infamous instigator of the Mongol Empire, which was the largest connective empire in history. After taking over much of the known world, Khan died under unknown circumstances and was returned to his home country of Mongolia. Legend has it that the funeral procession killed anyone who witnessed it in order to keep his final resting place a secret.

American Katie Ledecky became history’s most-decorated female swimmer. Meanwhile, celebrated gymnast Simone Biles won two more gold medals this week, with a chance for more.

Kuwait invaded
Iraq invaded Kuwait on this day in 1990, and Saddam Hussein's subsequent refusal to withdraw his troops sparked the Persian Gulf War, in which an international force led by the United States quickly defeated Iraq.

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Lunar Roving Vehicle first used on the Moon 👩🏻‍🚀👨🏽‍🚀
On this day in 1971, Apollo 15 astronauts James B. Irwin and David Scott first used the four-wheeled battery-powered Lunar Roving Vehicle to extensively explore the Moon's surface, in particular the Hadley-Apennine site.

Beginning of World War I
Using the assassination of the Austrian archduke Francis Ferdinand as a pretext to present Serbia with an unacceptable ultimatum, Austria-Hungary declared war on the Slavic country on this day in 1914, sparking World War I.

Did you know flamingos are not born pink? Young flamingos flaunt grey/white colour feathers and only develop their pinkish hue after delving into a diet of first their mother's crop milk, and then brine shrimp and blue-green algae – food that would likely kill other animals. Thanks to their specialized metabolism, the birds are able to process these harmful chemicals in the liver, breaking them down into functional components and pigments. It's these pigments that eventually stain a flamingo's feathers – and that's not all. Their skin, mucous membranes, egg yolks and even fat are stained pink and similar colours like orange.