The first foreigner to become a samurai was an African slave.
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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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A young programmer offered a homeless man the choice between $100 cash or coding lessons. Leo Grand chose the lessons, and now his first mobile app is available to download for $.99.
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In 2012, as phone booths become increasingly obsolete because of mobile phones, a Japanese artist has turned several booths in Osaka into aquariums.
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The highest speed ever achieved on a bicycle was 167.04 mph by Fred Rompelberg in 1995.
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An artist in Iowa named Patrick Acton built a complete model of Hogwarts out of matchsticks.
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