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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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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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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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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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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