Nikola Tesla loved a pigeon so much he spent todays rough equivalent of $34,970 on her happiness.

“I loved that pigeon as a man loves a woman, and she loved me. As long as I had her, there was a purpose to my life.” Nikola Tesla (according to this biography)

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Gary Numan is two weeks older than Gary Oldman.

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My last one was a bit confusing. Here’s one

the word Helicopter is not as you’d think. Heli-copter.

The word is Helico, to mean spinning

and pter, as in feather, like pterodactyl

so the pronounciation is helico-ter.

P.S. I’m so sorry.

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Would be great to have sources for the less obvious answers.

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550/2 is not 225 and 77+33 is not 100

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