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    If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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    In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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    Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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    Nuclear Survivor
    Nuclear Survivor
    In 1945, a man survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, spent the night, caught the morning train so he could arrive at his job on time - in Nagasaki - where he survived another atomic blast.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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