Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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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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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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