Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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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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