Mamoru Shinozaki, the “Japanese Oskar Schindler” saved thousands of Chinese during the Japanese occupation of Singapore
Fido, the 1940s Italian street dog who became famous for his loyalty to his dead master. Fido waited 14 years at a bus station for him to come back
In order to popularize potatoes in France Parmentier placed armed guards on his potatoes fields and instructed guards to accept bribes and let people “steal” potatoes
In 1898 Nikola Tesla tricked an entire crowd into believing they could control a boat by shouting commands – in fact he invented Radio Control and piloted the boat himself
John Dillinger escaped from the so-called impenetrable Crown Point prison in Indiana using only a wooden gun
Native American tribes recognized a gender separate from male and female it was called – “Two-Spirits”. They weren’t seen as homosexual among their tribe