Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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In 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
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