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During the Seige of Mafeking an artillary barrage was halted to avoid hitting a small dog on the battlefield. Steel-reinforced concrete was invented in 1849 by Joseph Monier, a gardener trying to make larger flower pots.
Containers are left completely dry after mercury is poured out of them. The moon was once very close to the Earth, but is now 20 times further away.
Mexican jumping beans contain moth larvae that twitch when warm. The moon is egg-shaped. It appears perfectly circular because the thin end is pointed towards us.
The car mirror first appeared in 1911. Author Samuel Clements once worked as a riverboat pilot. His pen-name comes from the depth-sounding call: 'Mark Twain'.
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