13 Random Facts To Start Off Your Day
#1 When Haiti was fighting the French in a civil war, the French sent some polish to deal with it
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When they saw how the slaves were treated the Polish joined the Haiti revolution.
#2 On 1939, February 14th a German battleship was launched and was sank with only 118 of the 2,200 crew members surviving...![](/images/3s/2022/08/Random-Facts-To-Start-Your-Day-2-1.jpg)
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Among them was a black and white cat named Oscar which was found floating on a board and was picked up from the water by a British ship.O October 27th, 1941, the ship sank to the west of Gibraltar and Oscar was found clinging to a piece of plank and was later brought to the shore establishment in Gibraltar. When British officers learned what happened they named him “Unsinkable Sam”.After that he was adopted by the crew of the HMS Ark Royal and in 1941, November 14th, a torpedo hit the ship. Sam was AGAIN found clinging to a piece of plank and was described as “angry but unharmed”.By this time it was enough for the por cat and remained it’a days on land hunting mice in Gibraltar and then being transferred to the UK where he lived his final days.And this was the story of “Unsinkable Sam”.
#3 Elephants can purr, like cats.
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#4 On 8 April, 1942, a detachment of Polish soldiers, deployed to Iran by the Allies, bought a bear cub from an Iranian boy
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In August the bear was given to the 22nd Artillery Supply company and named Wojtek by the soldiers.They fed him condensed milk, honey, fruit, and beer, which ended up being his favorite drink. He also picked up smoking, and enjoyed wrestling with his human friends, and bunking in on cold nights.When the Polish II Corps was redeployed it Italy to fight alongside the British, the Brits wouldn’t transport mere mascots on a troop ship, so Wojtek was formally enrolled in the Polish army as a private.During the brutal Battle of Monte Cassino Private Wojtek helped keep the guns firing by hauling boxes of ammo, each containing four 25 pound shells. These crates normally took four men to haul. For his bravery and service in battle Wojtek was promoted to Corporal, and his visage became the emblem of the 22nd Artillery Supply Company.After the war the 22nd was sent to Scotland, before being demobilized, at which point Wojtek was given to the Edinburgh Zoo, where he was often visited by Polish soldiers until his death in 1963.That is the story of Corporal Wojtek, the Polish artillery bear.
#5 If you ever see someone using an iPhone in a movie, they are not one of the bad guys
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Apple requires as a condition of licensing their products for use in film/TV, that only protagonists are allowed to operate them on camera. So, if a character is using an iPad in a horror movie, they will not end up secretly being the killer.
#6 Bangkok is the world’s most visited city
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#7 Baked beans are not actually baked
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#8 Video games help surgeons perform better
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#9 "Digging a hole to China" is possible if you start in Argentina
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#10 A musician named Jim Sullivan mysteriously disappeared 6 years after recording an album called “U.F.O.“
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#11 Toilet paper in France is generally pink
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#12 Four out of the ten largest statues in the world are of Buddhas
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#13 February used to be the last month of the year
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We may know January and February as the first two months of the year, but these months were actually the last couple of months added to the Gregorian calendar. Before, the Roman calendar only recognized 10 months. However, the winter period was measured in these two months – making February the last month of the calendar. This is also why February has the shortest number of days in a month