The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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