Port Washington, NY
On July 8th, 1942, women in Port Washington painted propaganda posters encouraging people to sign up for World War II.
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- The Japanese created a smoke alarm for those who can't hear, which pumps super-spicy wasabi mist into the air to alert them.
- A full jumbo jet tank has enough fuel to drive a car around the world four times.
- One area of Canada has a weaker gravitational pull than the rest of Earth.
- Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.