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    Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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    Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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    The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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    The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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    At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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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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