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    Thomas Edison and Morse Code
    Thomas Edison and Morse Code
    Thomas Edison taught his second wife Morse code so they could communicate in secret by tapping into each other’s hands when her family was around.
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    President Coolidge
    President Coolidge
    Former US President Calvin Coolidge (1924-28) enjoyed “buzzing for his bodyguards and then hiding under his desk as they frantically searched for him”.
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    Students at the John Hopkins University collaboratively decided to opt out of their final since the professor set his curve based on the highest score grading it as 100%. They chose to receive a score of zero, making it the highest grade and thereby getting 100%.
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    Scientist Niels Bohr was “given a house next door to the Carlsberg brewing company, and had a pipeline running from the brewery into the house so that he could have a never-ending supply of fresh beer on tap”.
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    In the UK, there's a guy named 'Major Dickie Head'.
    In the UK, there's a guy named 'Major Dickie Head'.
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    The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off!
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    Author Ian McEwan helped his son write his A-level English exam about one of his own novels, Enduring Love. The teacher disagreed with his interpretation.
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    Evanston Township High School in Illinois played Justin Bieber's 'Baby' as a fundraiser between classes. Students had to pay to stop it. $1,000 was collected in 3 days.
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