A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get. The poem, called I've been wandering in the greenwoods, was written when the famous novelist was just 13-years-old and is said to be extremely rare - with only two others being traced in the last 40-years. It was sold at an auction by Bonhams in London where it was bought for a staggering £92,450 by an unidentified buyer from abroad. The auctioneers had previously estimated it would sell for £45,000. The signed manuscript, dated 14 December 1829, is written on a small slip of paper about three inches in size in such small writing that it cannot be easily read without a magnifying glass.
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While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
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This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
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THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .