Mummy powder was once thought to be a cure for all remedies. English men used to carry the powder with them in a tiny bag wherever they went.

There are an estimated 2,500 collisions between birds and planes each year in the US.

There were approximately 2,228 people on board the Titanic when it sank. Of this, only 706 people survived.

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