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Fokker Dr.I with the colors and numeration of Manfred von Richthofen, aka the Red Baron. Designed from a captured British Sopwith Triplane, the Dr.I saw widespread service in 1918. It became famous as the aircraft in which the Red Baron gained his last 17 victories, and was killed...
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The Hoxne Hoard, the largest hoard of late Roman silver and gold discovered in Britain, was accidentally found by a man when he set out with a metal detector to find a hammer he had lost in a farm. The British government rewarded him with £1.75 million. He found his hammer afterwards
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Relic of St. Maximilian Kolbe:Catholic Martyr Killed at Auschwitz’s in place of another man. This is a first-class relic, in the form of hairs from his head and beard, preserved without his knowledge by two friars at Niepolkalanow who served as barbers in his friary between 1930 and 1941.
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The Plus Four Wristlet Route Indicator, a British product from the 1920s, is a scroll-map navigator in the shape of a watch. It came with tiny interchangeable instructions that you scrolled manually to see which roads to take when driving. More about analogue 'GPS' devices below.
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