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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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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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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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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