The Eiffel Tower was the tallest structure in the world before the construction of the Empire State Building in 1930.

In 1991, during an attempted political coup on Russian President Boris Yelstin, food supplies had dwindled down at the parliament buildings so they ordered Pizza Hut to deliver pizzas.

Stinging insects kills approximately 25 people annually in the U.S.

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