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    Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    Nuclear Survivor
    Nuclear Survivor
    In 1945, a man survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, spent the night, caught the morning train so he could arrive at his job on time - in Nagasaki - where he survived another atomic blast.
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    There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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    At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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    The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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    A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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    Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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