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    During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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    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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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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    Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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    Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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    Nuclear Survivor
    Nuclear Survivor
    In 1945, a man survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, spent the night, caught the morning train so he could arrive at his job on time - in Nagasaki - where he survived another atomic blast.
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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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