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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Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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