Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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