Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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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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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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