There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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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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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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