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Naval engineer Richard James accidentally invented the slinky in 1943 when he knocked a spring off a shelf
Plague pit found underneath London station: Remains of Great Plague victims discovered
The legend of Hugh Glass: the man who survived a grizzly attack crawled 300 miles through the wilderness to safety
The plates from the white Volkswagen’s Beetle on the cover of the Beatles Abbey Road were stolen after the album was released
Abebe Bikila – a double Olympic marathon champion from Ethiopia who ran barefoot
The Hypogeum – this 5000 year old underground temple in Malta was discovered by accident and contains 6000 skeletons
Warner/Chappell Music company charged $5,000 a day for public use of the song “Happy Birthday to You”
Unconventional military tactics that actually worked
Jesús García – Mexican railroad brakeman who died while preventing a train loaded with dynamite from exploding near Nacozari, Sonora
Holy cave where giant lions were sacrificed 60,000 years ago discovered in Russia
