Birds, long known for good vision and patriotism

https://www.military-history.org/feature/pigeon-guided-missiles.htm

My student accommodation had cockchafers. The university didn’t believe us until one of my friends presented them with one in a matchbox.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockchafer?wprov=sfti1

Ouch!

I lost about an hour of my life trying to create a historical timeline in MS Excel. Eventually learned this is impossible with dates earlier than 1900.