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TIL of the well-traveled goat who sailed with Captain Cook, circumnavigated the globe twice, was one of the first Europeans to visit Tahiti, New Zealand and Australia and was celebrated on her return to England. Truly the GOAT of goats.

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WNbB TIL that in the 19th century when Napoleon III invited the King Siam to a dinner, he gave himself Gold Cutlery, his troops Silver & the King of Siam Aluminium. This was no insult but an honour, aluminium was the most valuable metal on the planet. Today, aluminium is $1,800 a ton. Gold is $50 million
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