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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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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