George Washington famously declared before his death that he "would never set foot on English soil again". When a statue of him was erected in London, US soil was put under that statue to hone that request
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At the height of its power, the Roman Empire comprised about twelve percent of the world's population
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Four out of every five German soldiers who died during World War II died on the Eastern Front
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It is estimated that 60 million people, or 3% or the world's population, died during World War II
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Only 1 in 9 Japanese kamikaze pilots hit their targets during World War II
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An estimated one third of all Jewish people alive in the world were killed during the Holocaust
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The Japanese sent "Balloon Bombs" across the Pacific Ocean to America during WWII. The bombs killed a pregnant woman and five children
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