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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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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