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    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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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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    The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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    In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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    London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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