WWII parachutes made of nylon stockings pushed more women in the West to shave their legs Strangeness
Meet Carl Pettersson – The Swedish sailor who became king of an island in Papua New Guinea after he was shipwrecked in 1904 Strangeness
In 1838, a 14 year old boy broke into Queen Victoria’s Buckingham Palace while disguised as a chimney sweep then ran off with her underwear Strangeness
The first time the Japanese people heard the Emperor’s voice was when he announced Japan’s surrender in WWII Strangeness
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During Roman times, salt was worth its weight in gold and soldiers were sometimes paid in salt, hence the word “salary” Strangeness
In the final days of WWII, German Wehrmacht soldiers fought alongside US Army troops to defend a medieval castle from the Waffen SS Strangeness