When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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During WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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