In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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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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In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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