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    Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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    When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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    5000-Year-Old Embrace
    5000-Year-Old Embrace
    In 2007, the 5000-year-old skeletal remains of two lovers embracing each other were found at Mantua.
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    Winston Churchill's Letter of Apology for Escaping from Prison
    Before escaping prison, Winston Churchill left a letter of apology on his bed. The letter began: "I have the honour to inform you that as I do not consider that your Government have any right to detain me as a military prisoner, I have decided to escape from your custody."
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    Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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    There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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