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A leech-powered storm alarm, protective neck armor, and a talking doll with a hidden phonograph reveal the stranger side of Victorian ingenuity. Discover the problems these inventions addressed and what became of them.
A pope’s corpse faced a church trial, France briefly tried decimal time, and a pig triggered an international standoff. These ten strange historical facts pair unbelievable details with what the records actually show.