The Wildest Things You Never Knew About Area 51

As a Matter of Fact

Alien tourism has become such a hot topic that whole towns have UFO-themed festivals, they have UFO-themed restaurants and plenty of alien gift shops.

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The More You Know

  • LEGO has an underground vault with every set ever made.
  • The 442nd Infantry Regiment, a largely Japanese American unit that served during WWII, did so while their families were held in internment camps. Their motto was "Go for Broke" and they were the most decorated unit in U.S. military history.
  • Google's founders were willing to sell to Excite for less than $1 million in 1999, but Excite turned them down.
  • After Hitler ordered the deportation of Denmark's Jewish population, Danish citizens organized a massive evacuation of the Jews to neutral Sweden, despite the risks. In the end, 99% of Danish Jews survived the Holocaust.
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