The Most Important Events That Changed History Forever

Woodstock (1969)

Woodstock was a music festival held between August 15 and August 18, 1959, in Bethel, New York. Woodstock attracted an audience of over 400,000 and thirty-two major acts performed outdoors in the rain. The festival was a defining event for the counterculture generation and has been listed in Rolling Stone as a moment that changed the History of Rock and Roll.

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The More You Know

  • The first roller coaster was invented to stop sinful behavior.
  • In 2009, Burger King launched a campaign that if you unfriended 10 friends on Facebook, you were entitled to a free Whopper. The person you unfriended would get a message telling them that their friendship is worth less than a Whopper.
  • Portland was named by a coin flip. Had the coin landed the other way, the city would be known as Boston, Oregon.
  • Earth is not as round as you thought.
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