The first foreigner to become a samurai was an African slave.
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In 2012, redditor laporkenstein forged his own wedding ring out of a Gibeon meteorite.
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Scientists lit a cave of natural gas on fire in 1971 expecting it to only burn for a few days; it still burns to this day. It has been nicknamed "The Door to Hell".
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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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There's a regenerative candle that creates a new candle as it melts.
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