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In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burnt down but only 6 people Died.
In 1865, a train carrying Charles Dickens crossed a viaduct which collapsed and fell into the river. He escaped with the manuscript of the novel “Our Mutual Friend”.
In 1932 the government of Western Australia declared war on emus, a bird species that was damaging crops in the region. Despite firing thousands of rounds of ammunition, the soldiers were able to kill “only a few” emus before government declared peace after less than a week.
On 28 January 1896, Walter Arnold drove his “horseless carriage” through Paddock Wood, Kent, at a reckless 8 mph. Arnold was chased down by a police officer on a bicycle, and later fined £4 and 7 shillings leading to the world’s first recorded speeding ticket.
A popular drink today, Coca Cola included cocaine in its original formula!
King Louis XVI, one of the most famous victims of the guillotine during the French Revolution (1789–1799) actually helped to design it.
Both Alexander Graham Bell and his rival Elisha Gray filed their applications for the telephone at the US Patent Office on the same day, 14 February 1876. Bell got there an hour or so before Gray – luckily for him!
The microwave, invented in 1945, came about accidentally, after engineer Percy Spencer found radio waves emitted by a radar set he was working on melted a chocolate bar.
Fiery, redheaded Viking, Eric the Red (950 - 1003 AD) was exiled from Norway to Iceland for murder. When he got to Iceland, instead of behaving himself, he carried on killing people, was banished even further away and accidentally discovered Greenland!
In 1820 Gregor MacGregor invented the fictitious country of Poyais in South America. He issued bank notes and sold land for 4 shillings an acre.
The only statue from classical Rome to remain largely unmolested and on public display for nearly 2,000 years is the Equestrian statue of emperor Marcus Aurelius. Erected in the late 2nd century AD, it was finally put inside a museum in the 1980s.
There have been more astronauts than pilots who have flown the Concorde, which is now out of service.
There were more than 600 plots to kill Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Castro was targeted by a range of foes, including political opponents, criminals and the USA. Tactics included an exploding cigar and a poisoned diving suit.
Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the first practical telephone in 1876, decided that the correct salutation on answering should be “Ahoy”.
The oldest operating McDonald’s is located in Downey, California, and was opened in 1953.
Fewer than ten people witnessed the first powered flight by the Wright Brothers on 17 December 1903.
In 1325, the Italian cities of Bologna and Modena went to war over a stolen bucket.
Strangely, Abraham Lincoln gave the order to establish the Secret Service hours before he was killed.
The name of the woman on the statue of liberty is “Mother of Exiles”.
On a 1902 hunting trip, American President Teddy Roosevelt took pity on an old bear and refused to shoot her. New York shop owner Morris Michtom commemorated the event by making the world’s first “teddy bear” – named after the president.
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On 28 January 1896, Walter Arnold drove his “horseless carriage” through Paddock Wood, Kent, at a reckless 8 mph. Arnold was chased down by a police officer on a bicycle, and later fined £4 and 7 shillings leading to the world’s first recorded speeding ticket.
@UnfadingWisdom ...and Coke old ads explained to parents that coke with coke in could quickly send kids to sleep...
@UnfadingWisdom Amazing as to what an hour difference can do to a legacy and immense fortune even 150 years on
@UnfadingWisdom He stole the telephone from an Italian immigrant?
Ха!
Fiery, redheaded Viking, Eric the Red (950 - 1003 AD) was exiled from Norway to Iceland for murder. When he got to Iceland, instead of behaving himself, he carried on killing people, was banished even further away and accidentally discovered Greenland!
@UnfadingWisdom This scam might still be viable. Any flat earthers want to buy some land on the other side?
@UnfadingWisdom I'm sure they were pilots before they were astronauts. 😊
"Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it." - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
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Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the first practical telephone in 1876, decided that the correct salutation on answering should be “Ahoy”.
@UnfadingWisdom John Larroquette would be great playing him.
@UnfadingWisdom Not "don't charge uphill me boys?"
@UnfadingWisdom It was on regular show I think
Really? Not "Hello" or "Yeah?" (I hear this a lot, sigh).
Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the first practical telephone in 1876, decided that the correct salutation on answering should be “Ahoy”.
@UnfadingWisdom The brothers who opened this first store didn’t have a clue how they got played by the person who actually took over McDonald’s (Ray Kroc) and the guy knew nothing about burgers.
@UnfadingWisdom Back then we thought the age of the 19 cent hamburger would last forever.
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