Cher Ami – WW1 homing pigeon saved 194 men by continuing her flight after losing a leg, an eye and having been shot through the chest
During the American Civil War, Gatling Gun salesmen went directly to battlefield in order to demonstrate the products in actual combat
In 845 the Vikings sacked Paris and did not leave until King Charles the Bald paid them 5,670 lbs of silver and gold
After opening of the Brooklyn Bridge there were rumours it was about to collapse, to prove it was safe P.T. Barnum led 21 elephants across the bridge
Stonehenge Free Festival – Britain’s biggest free festival was held at Stonehenge in England from 1974 to 1984