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Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined 04 Oct '06 Moves 597686 https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/elva-shue
In 1897, a woman helped solve her own murder. But how did Elva Zona Heaster Shue manage it from beyond the grave?
-VR
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined 04 Oct '06 Moves 597686 https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/sleeping-mannequins
In the 1950s, store windows started displaying sleeping women. But their reason for doing so didn't really go to plan...
-VR
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined 04 Oct '06 Moves 597686 https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/petrus-gonsalvus
Petrus Gonsalvus was given away at the age of ten. The treatment he received as a "wolf man" will come as a pleasant surprise
-VR
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined 04 Oct '06 Moves 597686 https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/bicycle-graveyards
China has the strangest 'graveyards' in its cities. The result of a phenomenon that got out of hand, the items are now dumped. Can you guess what they are?
-VR
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined 04 Oct '06 Moves 597686 https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/dreaming-color
In the 1910s and the 1960s, people's nightly dreams became significantly different. Can you work out why?
-VR
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined 04 Oct '06 Moves 597686 https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/pony-express
"Wanted: Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over eighteen. Must be expert riders, willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred." Can you guess which profession this 1860 ad was recruiting for?
-VR
Joined 16 Aug '15 Moves 1245 @very-rusty said
https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/pony-express
"Wanted: Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over eighteen. Must be expert riders, willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred." Can you guess which profession this 1860 ad was recruiting for?
-VRPony Express
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined 04 Oct '06 Moves 597686 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express
-VR
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined 04 Oct '06 Moves 597686 https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/rattlesnake-creek
The Bronx used to be home to rattlesnakes. In a bid to wipe them out, locals came up with an unusual plan
-VR
Joined 16 Aug '15 Moves 1245 They could have brought in Rattlesnake Kate
A local pioneer who killed over 100 of them. She made a dress, belt and shoes from them. I've seen them several times, they're in the city museum here.
https://en.m.wikipedia.
org/wiki/Katherine_McHale
_Slaughterback
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined 04 Oct '06 Moves 597686 https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/first-fire-brigade
When Rome got its first fire brigade 2,000 years ago, property owners got a nasty shock. Why did the firefighters refuse to extinguish the flames?
-VR
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined 04 Oct '06 Moves 597686 https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/cheddar-man
The British man who found a long-lost relative he certainly wasn't expecting. His home was surprisingly close... and very muddy
-VR
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined 04 Oct '06 Moves 597686 https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/girl-guides-mi5
How dozens of Girl Guides ended up working for the UK's Secret Service. The Boy Scouts didn't make such a good impression...
-VR
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined 04 Oct '06 Moves 597686 https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/horse-power-house-move
When Americans used to move, they often took the house itself with them. How do you think they moved the buildings?
-VR
Joined 16 Aug '15 Moves 1245 Did you know Annie Oakley was a real person? And she may well have been Jewish? Interesting little bio
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