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    In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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    The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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    Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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    A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih, once a prostitute, became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of China during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.
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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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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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