On August 21st, 1911, someone stole the Mona Lisa, the most famous painting in the world, from the Louvre Museum. It was recovered two years later.

If you could drive your car straight up you would arrive in space in just over an hour.

On October 15, 1794, the first silver dollar coins were released to be circulated to the public.

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