https://www.grunge.com/811070/how-madame-tussaud-narrowly-escaped-the-guillotine/
Madame Tussauds wax museums are a staple for tourists worldwide. Like the similar Ripley's Believe It or Not spots, there was a real woman behind the name.
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https://www.discovermagazine.com/humanitys-early-ancestors-narrowly-escaped-extinction-in-a-frozen-world-45350
Long ago, when climate change inflicted ice and drought on the landscape, early human ranks fell to roughly the population of a small town.
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https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/george-h-bush-narrowly-escaped-executed-eaten-japanesewwii-x.html
In September 1944, the USS Finback submarine surfaced a few miles off the coast of Chichi Jima, an island some 700 miles South of Tokyo. It's periscope
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/03/japan/history/wwii-us-air-raid-sendai/
While the city was reduced to ashes, Hisako Aihara and her family managed to evacuate in time thanks to a tipoff from a worker at a military facility.
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