Violet Jessop – “Miss Unsinkable” who survived the sinking of RMS Titanic, the HMHS Britannic and the collision of RMS Olympic
Kenichi Horie became the first person to sail across the Pacific solo, then arrested for having no passport or money
During the Civil War, a man gained national recognition by repeatedly auctioning off a plain sack of flour. By doing so, he raised $250,000 which aided wounded soldiers.
During the 18th century, you could pay your admission to the zoo in London by bringing a cat or a dog to feed the lions.
Built in the 18th-century, the Royal Eise Eisinga Planetarium is the oldest still working planetarium in the world
The Bodleian Library: Regarded as a masterpiece of English Gothic architecture and one of the oldest libraries in Europe