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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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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In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne, and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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