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    In France - better not to be a Black Dog....as are considered bad luck - so one that ends up in an animal shelter, could be in for a long wait.

    Also....up until a few years ago - pets in France had no more rights than a piece of household furniture.


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    Microsoft was about to use "Prepare to Fly" as a slogan for Windows XP launch but dropped it because of 9/11.

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    As many as 440,000 people die from preventable medical errors every year.

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    Across all the European countries fighting in WWII, only three national capitals were never occupied: Moscow, London and Helsinki.

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    There are over 200 corpses on Mount Everest and they are used as way points for climbers.

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    Polish Catholic midwife Stanisława Leszczyńska delivered over 3,000 babies at the Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust in occupied Poland.

    Last edited by Norder; 01-10-2018 at 02:16 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Norder View Post
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    Polish Catholic midwife Stanisława Leszczyńska delivered over 3,000 babies at the Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust in occupied Poland.

    What a job in an appalling place

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    A man spent 20 years holding vigil by his wife's grave in Boston every day. He rarely ate or drank and weathered all temperatures.

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    Fidel Castro's father joined the Spanish Army in the late 19th century to fight against Cuban independence.

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    18 years after Vietnamese man Ma Van Nhat had surgery for injuries sustained in a car crash, doctors found surgical scissors in his abdomen.

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