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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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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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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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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