Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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It's still possible to see the division between East and West Germany due to different light bulbs.
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Unsinkable Sam (nickname of a German ship's cat) who served on 3 warships, one German, two British, all sank in action. The cat survived each sinking, floating away on wooden planks to rescue.
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In 1999, a fisherman found a love letter in a bottle from a soldier in WWI. He returned said letter to the now deceased widows 86 year old daughter.
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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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