French astronomer Adrien Auzout had once considered building a telescope that was 1,000 feet long in the 1600s. He thought the magnification would be so great, he would see animals on the moon.

Mexico City boasts the world's largest taxi fleet with over sixty thousand taxis running every day.

During the 60s, the women's liberation movement denounced bras as a symbol of servitude and encouraged bra burning rallies.

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