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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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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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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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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

rookie54

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

33% Made wine

6 votes • Final results

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@rookie54 said
[hidden]Observed nearly 10,000 southern stars[/hidden]

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
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

-VR