A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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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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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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