Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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A female photographer in the 50s took tens of thousands of pictures and remained remained unknown until her death. She is now considered one of the most important street photographers ever.
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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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In 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
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