Operation Plunder

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Although the exact date is debated, the Thera eruption shot magma 20-miles high, caused a tsunami, and devastated the Minoan civilization.

Every day since November 19th, 1998, the International Space Station or ISS has been orbiting the earth at a speed of 17,100 miles per hour.

Built in 1937, once the longest main suspension bridge in the world, the Golden Gate Bridge was originally planned to be another color and its toll has experienced a 3,500% price increase.

After sustaining the largest WWI casualties of any nation and a ravaged economy, the Russian, or Bolshevik, Revolution resulted in marxist dictators like Lenin and Stalin rising to power.

Known as the first female computer programmer, Ada Lovelace was educated in math and science, mentored by inventor Charles Babbage, and creator of loops in software.

After Britain levied a tax on imports of tea into the US colonies, Americans protested with the Boston Tea Party where 45 tons of tea was dumped into Boston Harbor over three hours.

While the Incas first ground peanuts into paste, John Harvey Kellogg was the modern inventor of peanut butter, filing for a patent in 1895. Innovations in processing led to the average American consuming 1,500 PB&J sandwiches before high school graduation.