Both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, exactly 50 years after the adoption of th
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14 years before the infamous Titanic sank, author Morgan Robertson wrote the novella Futility. It was about the large unsinkable ship “Titan” hitting an iceberg in the Northern Atlantic. What’s even weirder is, the Titanic and the fictional Titan did not have enough lifeboats for the thousands of passengers on board– Coincidence?
18/04/2022
British poet and politician, Lord Byron, kept a pet bear in his dormitory while studying at Cambridge. Known for being an avid animal lover, when he found out he couldn’t bring his dog he decided to bring a tame bear to live with him on campus instead. He was even known to take it on walks with a leash!
18/04/2022
Before alarm clocks and way before smartphone alarms, there were people called knocker-uppers who would literally knock on people’s window to wake them up in time for work. Up until the 1970s, knocker-uppers used a long stick, soft hammers, rattles, or even pea shooters to reach their clients’ windows!
17/04/2022
The University of Oxford is older than the Aztec Empire. The University of Oxford first opened its doors to students all the way back in 1096. By comparison, the Aztec Empire is said to have originated with the founding of the city of Tenochtitlán at Lake Texcoco by the Mexica which occurred in the year 1325.
17/04/2022
Famous conqueror, Napoleon Bonaparte, was once attacked by a horde of bunnies! He had requested that a rabbit hunt be arranged for himself and his men. When the rabbits were released from their cages, the bunnies charged toward Bonaparte and his men in an unstoppable onslaught.
05/04/2022
In the late 19th century, Beatrix Potter kept a journal in a secret code so complex it wasn't cracked until 1958.
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A cough can propel saliva droplets as far as 20 feet at speeds up to 25 to 50 mph.
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Spiders recycle webs by eating them.
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Волинянин загинув від ворожого обстрілу на Миколаївщині У районі населеного пункту Благодатне Миколаївської області під час виконання бойового завдання загинув 58-річний волинянин Коханюк Віктор Остапович
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Під Ніжином загинув 22-річний захисник із Золотоніщини - Видання Вичерпно 25 лютого на російсько-українській війні загинув уродженець Золотоніщини солдат Віталій Володимирович Козюра. Про це повідомили в пресслужбі Черкаського