Who Knew? Some Fun Facts

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Dorothy’s ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz

In August 2005, a pair of ruby slippers, known as the “Traveling Pair,” worn in The Wizard of Oz, was stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, MN. The Grand Rapids police searched far and wide but they made no arrests and never found the slippers until 12 years later when they got the FBI involved. They did a sting operation and found the slippers in July 2018.

Five years later, 76-year-old Terry Jon Martin pleaded guilty to theft of the shoes. Martin believed the shoes contained real rubies and his intention was to remove and sell them. Upon discovering the rubies weren’t real, he ditched the slippers altogether. In March 2024, the FBI returned the ruby slippers to their owner, Michael Shaw.






Maybe it took them so long to find them because the Grand Rapids police were in the wrong STATE? LOLOLOL
 
The Dancing Plague
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In July 1518, a strange phenomenon started in Strasburg, Germany.
A woman called Frau Troffea started dancing uncontrollably in the
streets without any reason.

More people joined her, and within a week, around 400 people were
uncontrollably dancing in the streets, causing chaos.

The people dancing seemed unable to stop. They danced constantly
throughout the day and night, leading to some deaths from exhaustion
or stroke.


Doctors believed that the outbreak may have been caused by a combination
of factors, including mass hysteria and a form of poisoning caused by a fungus
that grows on rye. This bizarre event left historians confused, making it one of
the most unusual events that can’t be explained.


Mike.
 

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