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San Diego's Hurricane Giraffes

In 1938, the merchant steamer SS Robin Goodfellow was caught in the Great New England Hurricane. On board the ship were some unique passengers: two Giraffes. Those Giraffes, caught in a storm that killed hundreds of people, were en route to San Diego, California, and the storm was only the beginning of their cross-country journey.

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Crocker Land: Search for the Lost Continent

In 1906, a famed explorer saw something on the horizon that would lead an expedition of men to search for a magnificent land they hoped would be full of new and undiscovered treasures for science.

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Pelorus Jack: Best Known Fish in the World

One famous dolphin lived near the shores of New Zealand in the late 1800s, and swam alongside hundreds of ships, becoming a beloved figure to locals and foreigners alike, and described as ”the best known fish in the world.”

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Unroyal Deaths: The Strange Deaths of Medieval Royalty

It was relatively common in the middle ages for Kings, royals, and various other titled men to die in combat, and they were at least usually expected to fight personally. Despite the dangers of medieval combat and the expectations of nobility, however, many at the highest levels of aristocracy died in less than noble mundane accidents, and even in embarrassing circumstances.

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License Plates: A History

Global vehicle counts estimate that there are an excess of two billion, some estimate as many as 3.5 billion, unique license plates on earth today.

The War on Confederate Salt

A lesser known subplot of the War Between the States was the Union effort to deprive the confederacy of salt. It is difficult to overstate how much the shortage of salt in the Confederacy contributed to the ultimate Union victory.

By Necessity a Fast Vessel: The Clipper Nightingale

The Clipper ship Nightingale had a history as bold and contradictory as the century in which she sailed.

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