During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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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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It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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