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Ewan McGregor's uncle played the only rebel pilot to survive both Death Stars!
Ewan McGregor's uncle played the only rebel pilot to survive both Death Stars! Denis Lawson is a Scottish actor and director. While most of his work has been in BBC shows, he shares a rare honor: he...
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If you were able to hear frequencies lower than 20Hz, you could hear your...
If you were able to hear frequencies lower than 20Hz, you could hear your muscles moving! Our senses are amazing things. Although they don't give us a completely accurate picture of the world, they...
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A park ranger survived being struck by lightning seven times!
A park ranger survived being struck by lightning seven times! It is a myth that you can't be struck by lightning twice. Roy Sullivan was a park ranger in Virginia. He got the nickname Human Lightning...
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A soldier was left wounded and dying with just 8 bullets. His body was found...
A soldier was left wounded and dying with just 8 bullets. His body was found with 8 enemy soldiers around him! Private Thomas Baker's company has weld up by enemy fire in the Mariana Islands during...
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A king failed to commit suicide by poison because he had become immune to it...
A king failed to commit suicide by poison because he had become immune to it thanks to taking small doses throughout his life! Between 73 and 63 BCE, King Mithridates VI of Pontus was at war with the...
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Dashboards were originally just to protect drivers from horse poop!
Dashboards were originally just to protect drivers from horse poop! Carriages and buggies had a "dash" board that were made of drop cloth or leather. The board kept the horses feet from slinging up mud...
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Orson Welles and Ernest Hemingway got into a fist-fight. After, they became...
Orson Welles and Ernest Hemingway got into a fist-fight. After, they became friends! Orson Welles met Ernest Hemingway during the making of a movie that Hemingway had written for Welles to narrate. As...
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A Stanford PhD student murdered his advisor cause he was told he'd never...
A Stanford PhD student murdered his advisor cause he was told he'd never graduate even after 19 years in school! Academia can be a killer. Theodore Streleski was a mathematician at Stanford University...
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There are many more letters used in Roman numerals than you know!
There are many more letters used in Roman numerals than you know! The Romans used a decimal system for whole numbers, reflecting how they counted in Latin and they used a duodecimal system for...
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Birds, dogs, and cats bend their 'knees' backwards because those are actually...
Birds, dogs, and cats bend their 'knees' backwards because those are actually their ankles! Digitigrade is a term used for animals that walk on their toes rather than the soles of their feet like...
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The man who wrote the first self-help book is the great-great-grandfather of...
The man who wrote the first self-help book is the great-great-grandfather of Bear Grylls! Samuel Smiles was a Scottish author and reformer who died in 1904. He left school when he was 14 to be the...
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A 4-year-old was saved by a woman from drowning. 9 years later that boy saved...
A 4-year-old was saved by a woman from drowning. 9 years later that boy saved the woman's husband at the same beach! Some stories should make it into Ripley's Believe It or Not, and sometimes they just...
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Joffrey's actor in Game of Thrones bases his performance on Joaquin Phoenix's...
Joffrey's actor in Game of Thrones bases his performance on Joaquin Phoenix's in Gladiator! Jack Gleeson is best known for his role as Joffrey Baratheon on HBO's hit TV show, Game of Thrones. The...
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A Swedish mercenary fought in 13 wars on 4 different continents!
A Swedish mercenary fought in 13 wars on 4 different continents! Ivor Thord-Gray lived from 1878 until 1964. He was born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden to a school teacher and his stay at home wife....
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A man and his autistic son were stranded at sea. They repeated 'to infinity...
A man and his autistic son were stranded at sea. They repeated 'to infinity and beyond!' for 15 hours until they were rescued! Walter and his 12 year old son Chris Marino were on vacation in Daytona...
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An organization that uses wine tastings to dig wells in Africa. They call...
An organization that uses wine tastings to dig wells in Africa. They call themselves Wine to Water. Nearly 1 billion people in our world lack an adequate supply of water. That is a 6th of our world's...
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Despite what you might believe, the human body does not explode in outer space!
Despite what you might believe, the human body does not explode in outer space! We’ve all seen movies, series and cartoons in which some of the characters go to outer space unprotected and by exposing...
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Greco-Roman wrestling is actually a French sport!
Greco-Roman wrestling is actually a French sport! Greco-Roman wrestling is quite a famous sport around several countries and it is practiced worldwide.It first appearance as a professional sports was...
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The Royal Air Force sunk a ship full of holocaust victims by accident!
The Royal Air Force sunk a ship full of holocaust victims by accident! The Cap Arcona was a large German luxury ocean liner.It was used to transport passengers between Germany and South America until...
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An economist predicted both the .com and housing bubbles. Nobody listened to...
An economist predicted both the .com and housing bubbles. Nobody listened to him! Robert Shiller, a professor at Yale University predicted the future through two of his books and he was right about...
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