Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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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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The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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