During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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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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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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