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    During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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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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    India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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    Capt. Robert Campbell
    Capt. Robert Campbell
    Capt. Robert Campbell, a British officer captured during World War I, was granted leave to visit his dying mother on one condition - that he return to captivity. He kept his word and returned, only to try escaping as soon as he returned.
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    Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne, and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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    Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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