Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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