In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne, and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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