A couple that were out walking on their property in Sierra Nevada discovered a canister containing $10 million in gold coins.
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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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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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In 2006, a woman was found in her London flat, skeletonized, after 3 years of being dead – with the TV still running.
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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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