1Heroic Soldier's Redemption
Albert Severin Roche, a distinguished French soldier, was sentenced to death for sleeping on duty during World War 1. However, moments before his execution, a messenger arrived with the true story: Albert had crawled for 10 hours under fire to rescue his captain and collapsed from exhaustion.
2. When Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981, hospital staff cut away his clothing and tossed a laminated card found in his suit pocket into his shoe on the floor. Unbeknownst to them, that card contained a list of nuclear launch codes.
3. Even though we frequently receive warnings about mother bears and their cubs, lone male bears are responsible for nearly 90% of fatal bear attacks.
4. Ludwig van Beethoven had a strained relationship with his brother Johann and strongly opposed his marriage to a housekeeper. When Johann signed a letter to Ludwig as "From your brother Johann, landowner," Ludwig signed his reply as "From your brother Ludwig, brain owner."
5. The clicks produced by sperm whales are powerful enough to penetrate and vibrate a person's entire body, potentially causing death.
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6Hymie Weiss: A Fearless Gangster
Hymie Weiss, a Chicago gangster, had terminal cancer, which made him recklessly ignore his own safety. Leading a gang war against Al Capone, Weiss shot up Capone's car and hotel, earning the reputation of "the only man Al Capone feared." However, Weiss was ultimately assassinated on October 11, 1926.
7. Muhammad Ali's speaking rate slowed by 16 percent after his 1977 15-round fight against Ernie Shavers.
8. The Longyou Caves in China are a network of mysterious man-made caves over 2,000 years old. They were never documented in historical records and were only rediscovered by local farmers in 1992.
9. The movie "Scarface" (1983) not only failed to receive recognition at the Oscars but also received a Razzie nomination for Worst Director.
10. In 1993, a man named John Doyle survived a great white shark attack while surfing off the coast of West Africa. However, lions mauled him on his way to the hospital. Remarkably, he survived both attacks and made a full recovery.
