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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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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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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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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In 1846, a 14 year old French peasant girl named Angelique Cottin was found to possess extraordinary electrical power. With a gentle touch she could knock over heavy pieces of furniture and even shock people near her.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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