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Useless knowledge
In WWII the Germans invented a gun that could shoot around corners: MP44

Historical Notes

 * 4 November 1909:The first person to score a hat trick in World Cup history was born 100 years ago this week. His name? Bertram Patenaude


 * The day "when pigs fly" arrived, when British aviator Lord Brabazon carried a small pig aloft on an airplane flight, marking also the first "live cargo" flight.


 * The first airplane flight in Wisconsin, as Arthur P. Warner piloted his own Warner-Curtiss aircraft over Beloit.


 * 5 November 1909:United States Armed Forces lost its only airplane, when the Army's Wright Military Flyer was severely damaged during a landing at the College Park Airport in Maryland. A year later, when a Congressional investigation determined "that our entire Air Force consisted of one wrecked plane, one pilot, and 9 enlisted men", funding was voted for the purchase of new aircraft on March 3, 1911. [13]