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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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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The exact cause of death and burial site of Genghis Khan is unknown, because all of the 2000 funeral guests and 800 soldiers were killed in order to preserve the secret.
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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