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https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/the-thing
This building may look innocent, but within its walls there was something most perplexing hiding in plain sight. It was called "The Thing"
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https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/emil-maurice
Second to Adolf Hitler in the SS, this man was hiding a potentially 'deadly' secret unknown even to himself
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
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https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/alcatraz-showers
Alcatraz used to be the only federal prison to offer hot-water showers to inmates. But there was a dark motive behind the gesture
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https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/pervitin
These workers are manufacturing a vital – lesser known – tool used by the Nazis. Prepare to be shocked
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https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/antarctic-baby-boom
In 1977, Argentina sent a pregnant woman to the barren continent of Antarctica. The strangest baby-boom followed
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
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https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/puma-and-adidas
The insane sibling rivalry that divided a town and spawned two of the biggest brands in the world
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
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ttps://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/carrots-in-war
That time the Brits claimed a vegetable as their super-weapon. The plan backfired in a spectacular way
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https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/maud-wagner
This trailblazing couple hid a shocking secret beneath their formal attire
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https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/edison-talking-doll
Thomas Edison invented a talking doll that was the stuff of nightmares. When you hear the recording, you'll understand
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https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/anthelme-mangin
The trench-fighting WW1 soldier who couldn't remember who he was. Why did nearly 300 families claim him as their relative?
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In 1750 French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille set up an observatory in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope
where he did what?
17% Discovered the planet Uranus
33% Observed nearly 10,000 southern stars
17% The observatory was burnt down before he could do anything
6 votes • Final results
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Reveal Hidden ContentObserved nearly 10,000 southern stars
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@rookie54 said
[hidden]Observed nearly 10,000 southern stars[/hidden]
Did you give the correct answer?......LOL....
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https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/sweating-sickness
The mysterious plague that swept through England's elite for six decades. A symptom was impending doom followed by a swift death
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@very-rusty said
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That time the Brits claimed a vegetable as their super-weapon. The plan backfired in a spectacular way
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