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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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    Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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    Winston Churchill's Letter of Apology for Escaping from Prison
    Before escaping prison, Winston Churchill left a letter of apology on his bed. The letter began: "I have the honour to inform you that as I do not consider that your Government have any right to detain me as a military prisoner, I have decided to escape from your custody."
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    After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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    Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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    Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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    In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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