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    Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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    Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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    Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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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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    Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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    Japanese Holdout
    Japanese Holdout
    After World War 2 ended in 1945, a Japanese officer named Hiroo Onoda didn't surrender and continued the war for 29 years because he didn't know that Japan had surrendered and the war was over.
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    In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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