Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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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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The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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