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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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    The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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    Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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    The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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    In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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    Japanese Holdout
    Japanese Holdout
    After World War 2 ended in 1945, a Japanese officer named Hiroo Onoda didn't surrender and continued the war for 29 years because he didn't know that Japan had surrendered and the war was over.
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    France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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