Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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