In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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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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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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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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