When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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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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The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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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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