A female photographer in the 50s took tens of thousands of pictures and remained remained unknown until her death. She is now considered one of the most important street photographers ever.
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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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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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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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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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