Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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In Montreal, there's a bus stop with swings that play musical notes when you swing on them.
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Mathway.com solves all kinds of math homework problems with step by step explanations.
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In 2011, two men paraglided from the summit of Mt. Everest, arriving at a village in 42 minutes and avoiding the dangerous conventional 3 day descent.
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The iconic roar made by Godzilla was produced by rubbing a leather glove across the strings of a double bass.
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An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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