Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne survived a car crash, train derailment, sinking ship, house fire and a tornado before perishing in a plane crash.

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- Fighting Irish official site

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Cary Grant wore Old Spice cologne.

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- Old Spice official site

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The prickly pear cactus secretes an oily fluid during full moons.

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- USDA

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The interior of the Australian continent is sinking at a rate of 3 cm per year.

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- Australian Government

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At the first Thanksgiving meal, the pilgrims ate every part of the turkey except for the feathers - the organs, blood, bones, feet and even the beak.

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- Pilgrim Hall Museum

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Mikhael Gorbachev's famous birthmark was caused by a severe case of lead poisoning he contracted as a toddler.

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- President Gorbachev official site

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Ducks can't digest rye bread.

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- Ducks Unlimited

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Singer Janis Joplin was a passionate and dedicated student of Kenpo Karate, earning the rank of Sandan (third-degree black belt).

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- Official Janis Joplin website

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Instead of wearing traditional pajamas, William Randolph Hearst preferred to sleep in a starched white dress shirt and necktie.

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- Hearst Castle

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In 1981, a waterspout on the Mediterranean Sea picked up a 75-foot schooner and carried it 400 yards. Everyone aboard was killed.

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- Mediterranean Yachting

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General George Patton was an accomplished taxidermist who contributed a variety of specimens to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

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- National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
- General George S. Patton Jr. Biography

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The factory where the Model T Ford was produced had no restroom facilities.

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- The Model T

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During the early part of her career, chef Julia Child kept her kitchen strictly kosher.

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- Kosher kitchen rules

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Violent inmates in Colombia's largest prison undergo hourly body cavity searches.

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- CIA World Factbook: Colombia

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An ancient Greek manuscript found in a burial mound in Antioch contains technical diagrams for a rudimentary rocket powered by olive oil.

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- International Olive Oil Council

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American inventor Eli Whitney once tipped a bartender the modern equivalent of $10,000 for a glass of water.

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- Eli Whitney Museum

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Among the primitive paintings at Lascaux Cave, archaeologists have identified a series of marks believed to be a precurser to the game of tic-tac-toe.

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- The Cave of Lascaux

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English crime fiction writer Agatha Christie wore size 44 (EU) shoes. That converts to a U.K. size 9.5/U.S. size 12.

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- Official Agatha Christie website

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Each year, more divers are injured by giant clams than by sharks.

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- Giant Clams of the Great Barrier Reef

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In 1982, a gorilla in a Syrian zoo held a zookeeper captive for eight days. The victim, who was not physically harmed, developed Stockholm syndrome.

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- The Gorilla Foundation

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Fred Rogers, better known as Mister Rogers, wore sweaters to conceal extensive forearm tattoos commemorating his short stint as a Merchant Marine.

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- PBS: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

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When resources are plentiful, army ants capture members of smaller ant species and keep them as pets.

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- Canadian Museum of Nature: Ants

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Gas chromatograph analysis of sediment cores from the bottom of Loch Ness supports the theory that a population of large creatures could live there.

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- NOVA: The Beast of Loch Ness

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The space shuttle Challenger's "black box" was found on a Florida beach by a Norwegian dentist.

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- NASA.gov

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In 1949, a Maine lobsterman slipped into a diabetic coma and was eaten by his catch.

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- American Diabetes Association

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Lee Harvey Oswald was a homing pigeon enthusiast.

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- PBS: Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?

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Most bank robberies occur on Tuesdays.

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- What to do in a bank robbery

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Confusion was so rampant on the set of Lawrence of Arabia, whole sets were built and then dismantled before they were even filmed.

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- Lawrence of Arabia

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Benjamin Franklin was challenged to more than a dozen duels in the course of his lifetime. He never accepted a single one.

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- PBS: Benjamin Franklin

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The supply ship Isabella, laden with beer, accompanied the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria during the first 53 days of Columbus' historic voyage.

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- Christopher Columbus

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Ancient Mesopotamian soldiers were paid with wooden coins.

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- British Museum: Mesopotamia

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