English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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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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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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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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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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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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