Potatoes played an important role in economic growth in the 18th & 19th centuries.
The introduction of the potato explains the 25–26% of the increase in old world population
2011
the United States Army had a tactical deception unit called "Ghost Army".
during the WW2, soldiers, their job was to deceive the enemy by inflatable tanks, sound trucks, and fake radio transmissions
2020
The accidental death of Yogi Bear.
when baseball player Yogi Berra died, the Associated Press obituary accidentally announced the death of Yogi Bear.
2015
in 2014, six sealed glass vials of smallpox dated 1954 were discovered in a storage room.
two of the vials had virus which proved to be viable in culture. They were destroyed 7 months later.
2020
