Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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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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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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