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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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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