Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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