Trends and Events from the Decade That You Completely Forgot About

Harambe

Harambe became an internet sensation, but only after his tragic death. The Chicago Zoo phenomenon was killed after a little boy fell into the gorilla’s habitat, and ironic meme twitter accounts took Harambe as their mascot. People cried for justice for the silverback.

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The More You Know

  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
  • A Boeing 747 airliner is made of over 6,000,000 separate parts.
  • Fleas can jump up to 100 times their body length.
  • A single dollar bill costs 5 cents to make.
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