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Back in the 16th century people acted like there weren't just dancing horses that did some pretty awesome tricks everywhere. So when Morocco the dancing horse passed by Paris someone yelled "witch" and gathered the wood to get ready the burning stakes... maybe it didn't happen exactly like that but you can find out how it happened on today's episode of Facts-Chology!

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Sources
https://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/2014/02/marocco-horse-accused-of-witchcraft.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankes%27s_Horse

https://archive.org/details/cu31924013163740

https://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/2020/05/TudorStuartEquestrians.html

On September 23rd, 2009, a group of criminals broke into one of the G4S Cash Service buildings in Sweden. Within minutes police responded but they also realized they weren't just dealing with any petty criminals, for one they didn't break in through the front, side, or back door... they went in through the roof.

The heist was the first in Swedish history to involve a helicopter and it was one of the most carefully planned and well executed crimes in history.

Find out what happened next on today's episode of Facts-Chology!

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Sources
https://www.thelocal.se/20090924/22260/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4stberga_helicopter_robbery

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8270619.stm

https://magazine.atavist.com/lifted/

http://crimereview.co.uk/page.php/review/6735

https://www.ctvnews.ca/10-men-charged-in-stockholm-helicopter-heist-1.533862

Last week we told you about the skills Charles Vane had and how he used them to evade capture, this week we tell you about how he got lucky a few times and then... when his luck ran out.

Find out the conclusion of Charles Vane's story on today's episode of Facts-Chology!

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Sources
http://piratesoflore.com/charles-vane.html

https://www.thepiratesrealm.com/Charles%20Vane.html

http://www.thewayofthepirates.com/famous-pirates/charles-vane/

https://thehistoryjunkie.com/charles-vane-facts-biography-piracy/

https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/charles-vane-47935.php

https://www.pirateshowcancun.com/blog/famous-buccaneer-blaggards/all-about-pirate-charles-vane/

Carrier pigeons were a big part of getting messages across to bases from troops during war and when you're surrounded by German forces from all sides then that makes it the only way to get a message of help across.

Listen to the story of one particular "dear friend" pigeon to find out how it made a hero out of her on today's episode of Facts-Chology!

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Sources
https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_425415

https://www.si.edu/object/cher-ami%3Anmah_425415

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/cher-ami

https://www.vox.com/2015/5/6/8556859/pigeons-skinner-orcon-underrated

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Battalion_(World_War_I)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/10/07/attacked-starved-century-old-diary-recounts-us-soldiers-trapped-behind-enemy-lines/

https://www.americanheritage.com/lost-battalion#1

https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/finding-the-lost-battalion-home.html

On the morning of Tuesday May 27th, 1980 in Medford, Massachusetts, bank employees opened the vault to find it completely empty. Unbeknownst to them over the Memorial Day weekend six men had found a way in and taken the bank for everything it had.

Find out how they did it and who they were on today's episode of Facts-Chology!

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Sources
https://apnews.com/article/dd91babfbc857aaabb109c0564465367

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1985-12-10-8502250838-story.html

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/09/13/Two-former-policemen-may-be-indicted-in-1980-heist/5574495432000

https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/536504/s01-e04-memorial-day-heist?start=true

http://www.police-writers.com/gerald_clemente.html

http://homenewshere.com/wilmington_town_crier/article_66a96848-fb70-5ac2-acf7-f3899b679d4f.html

Charles Vane was a ruthless pirate sailing the seas during the 18th century and one of the few that refused a pardon from the king making him a target to those looking to get rid of pirates the hard way.

Find out how his pirate life started and what he did to avoid capture on today's episode of Facts-Chology!

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Sources
https://www.pirateshowcancun.com/blog/famous-buccaneer-blaggards/all-about-pirate-charles-vane/

http://piratesoflore.com/charles-vane.html

http://www.thewayofthepirates.com/famous-pirates/charles-vane/

https://thehistoryjunkie.com/charles-vane-facts-biography-piracy/

https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/charles-vane-47935.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodes_Rogers

There were a few pretty serious events going on in England in the 17th century, revolution, laws against Catholics, freemasons preparing to go public, and a new king but all of these events led to a pretty silly outcome, one involving the pope and a secret society around pugs.

Find out what happened and why someone created a society around that specific dog on today's episode of Facts-Chology!

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Sources
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/07/31/order-of-the-pug/

https://nationalpurebreddogday.com/mopsorden-the-order-of-the-pug/

https://books.google.com/books/about/L_Ordre_des_francs_ma%C3%A7ons_trahi_et_Le_s.html?hl=en&id=_hRBAAAAcAAJ

http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/papal/in_eminenti.html

https://dustyoldthing.com/1700s-mops-orden/

In the late 19th century famed neurologist Doctor Silas Weir Mitchell introduced a cure to a multitude of different ailments. Unfortunately misogyny and traditional gender roles influenced how he treated men and women differently, treatments that led to death and psychological breakdowns.

Find out how the "cure" worked and when it ended on today's episode of Facts-Chology!

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Sources
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/01/go-rest

https://daily.jstor.org/go-west-you-nervous-men/

http://www.branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=anne-stiles-the-rest-cure-1873-1925

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/790351/summary

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1112768/

https://www.businessinsider.com/bed-rest-what-would-happen-body-never-got-up-2019-9

https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/75/3/381

https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.5.737

Continuing with Pirate Fridays, today we look at the events immediately before and immediately after Blackbeard's last stand and we find out why a party between friends led to the death of one of the most famous pirates around.

Find out the history on today's episode of Facts-Chology!

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Sources

http://www.thewayofthepirates.com/famous-pirates/blackbeard/

https://blog.carolinadesigns.com/outer-banks-history/the-lesser-known-tales-of-blackbeard/

https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/charles-eden-1673-1722/

https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/knight-tobias

https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/eden-charles

https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/blackbeard-the-pirate

https://goldenageofpiracy.org/history/colonial-officials/alexander-spotswood.php

Imagine being in the middle of a war and having your ship sink, then having the bad luck to go on another ship and have your sink ship AGAIN. Then imagine it happening yet again! Now imagine you're a cat!

That was Unsinkable Sam's story, hear the full tale on today's episode of Facts-Chology!

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We’ll see you soon.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort_scale

https://allthatsinteresting.com/unsinkable-sam

https://catpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Unsinkable_Sam_(bef1941-1955)

https://www.iizcat.com/post/4296/The-legend-of-Unsinkable-Sam-the-cat-who-served-on-and-survived-3-sinking-ships-during-WW2

https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/us/706591-unsinkable-sam

https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/famous-cats-unsinkable-sam/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Bismarck