Only 1 in 9 Japanese kamikaze pilots hit their targets during World War II

An estimated one third of all Jewish people alive in the world were killed during the Holocaust

The Japanese sent "Balloon Bombs" across the Pacific Ocean to America during WWII. The bombs killed a pregnant woman and five children

"Black Death" is recent term. During the time of the plague, it was called "the Pestilence" "the Great Mortality"

The Black Death is estimated to have killed 30–60% of Europe's total population

During the Great Depression, money circulation had fallen so low that the U.S. didn't mint nickels