Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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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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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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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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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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