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    Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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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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    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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    London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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    In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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    Voltaire's Last Words
    Voltaire's Last Words
    When Voltaire was asked to renounce Satan on his deathbed, his last words were: "This is no time for making new enemies."
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    In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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    Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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