Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

Communication is key.

As the cornerstone of all successful relationships, effective communication can bring people closer

together, help them understand each other better, and even stop certain problems before they

start.

In the case of Hiru, Onoda, communication could have saved him and the Japanese military,

a whole lot of headaches.

Onoda had been stationed in the Philippines during World War II.

An intelligence officer by trade, he had been given strict orders to do everything within

his power to hinder all enemy attacks on the island.

The airstrip and the piers at the harbor became his primary targets, and, should he be

caught, he was to fight until death, capture and suicide were not allowed.

Once Onoda arrived on the island, he fell in with a group of Japanese soldiers who had

already been stationed there.

He was of a lower rank than them, and so had to follow their orders instead.

His mission had stopped before it had even started, and it wasn't long before the United

States took over the island with the Philippine Commonwealth in February of 1945, seven months

before the official end of the war.

The other soldiers had been given orders too, fights, which they did, but they were

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