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    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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    Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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    Nuclear Survivor
    Nuclear Survivor
    In 1945, a man survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, spent the night, caught the morning train so he could arrive at his job on time - in Nagasaki - where he survived another atomic blast.
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    During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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    The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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    Tsar Bomba
    Tsar Bomba
    The largest nuclear bomb ever built, the Tsar Bomba, caused damage up to approximately 1,000km away.
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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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    Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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