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Martin Luther King Jr. once applied for a gun permit. He was turned down because Alabama was run by Democrats who had passed arbitrary gun control laws.
The Dutch called Liberty Island where the Statue of Liberty stands Great Oyster Island. That was in the 1600s.
The FBI was started by Napoleon’s grand-nephew.
The first item sold online was the Sting CD “Ten Summoner’s Tales” purchased by  Phil Brandenberger from Net Market for $12.48 in 1994.
Some claim it to be a quantity of marijuana sold between students at Stanford and MIT circa 1971 using ARPANET. No money, however, was exchanged online.
Sydney Lee, Robert E’s brother, commanded the Philadelphia Navy Yard before quitting his post to join the Confederate Navy.
The stationary bicycle was invented in 1796 by Francis Lowndes. He called it the Gymnasticon.
Of the 313 documented cases of people disappearing from cruise ships only about 10 percent have been resolved. Some say that only 15 percent of disappearances are documented.
A Green grocer cicada is louder than a lion.
The wood Osage-orange tree makes is loved by archers for its bows and also makes great fence posts. The hedge apples, though, that are its fruit are almost worthless. No, Anthony, they do not make a great insect repellent.
The battle in which the USS Kearsarge sank the legendary Confederate raider CSS Alabama remains unforgotten after 155 years. The last two shots fired from the Alabama were by midshipman Irvine Bulloch.
He was Theodore Roosevelt’s uncle.