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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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    English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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    Alexander Selkirk
    Alexander Selkirk
    Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor, was left stranded on a deserted island in 1704, but survived for over 4 years, partly by using feral cats to protect him from ravenous rats that attacked during the night.
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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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    Derinkuyu Underground City
    Derinkuyu Underground City
    In 1963, a man found a mysterious room behind a wall in his home that lead to a huge underground city that once housed up to 20,000 people, complete with schools, livestock pens, and food stores, dating back over a millennium.
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    The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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    Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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