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 flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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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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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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