Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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