Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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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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In the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.
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