Blue Peter pet, Petra the mongrel puppy, died two days after being introduced. A replacement was found.
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X-rays of the Mona Lisa show that there are three completely different versions of the same subject, all painted by Leonardo Da Vinci, under the final portrait.
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When Prince William becomes king, he will be the forty-fourth monarch since William the Conqueror who was crowned in 1066.
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When young and impoverished, Pablo Picasso kept warm by burning his own paintings.
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Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.
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As a child, Jim Carrey wore tap shoes to bed just in case his parents needed cheering up in the middle of the night.
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When playing an American character, Christian Bale will give all his press interviews in an American accent in order to not confuse the audience.
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