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    Winston Churchill's Letter of Apology for Escaping from Prison
    Before escaping prison, Winston Churchill left a letter of apology on his bed. The letter began: "I have the honour to inform you that as I do not consider that your Government have any right to detain me as a military prisoner, I have decided to escape from your custody."
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    Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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    If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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    Tsar Bomba
    Tsar Bomba
    The largest nuclear bomb ever built, the Tsar Bomba, caused damage up to approximately 1,000km away.
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    Alexander Selkirk
    Alexander Selkirk
    Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor, was left stranded on a deserted island in 1704, but survived for over 4 years, partly by using feral cats to protect him from ravenous rats that attacked during the night.
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    The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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    A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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