Bringing Out the Big Guns
The Gustav Railway Gun was a huge railway artillery cannon developed to help break through the lines of defense during WWII. The weapon was rarely put to use.
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- The current U.S. flag was designed by a 17-year-old student.
- John Adams Was the First President to Live In the White House
- Before alarm clocks became the norm, there were people called knocker-uppers who would literally knock on people’s window to wake them up in time for work.
- Until the 19th century in Asia, elephants were trained to execute and torture prisoners and traitors.