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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    Voltaire's Last Words
    Voltaire's Last Words
    When Voltaire was asked to renounce Satan on his deathbed, his last words were: "This is no time for making new enemies."
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    Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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    Winston Churchill's Letter of Apology for Escaping from Prison
    Before escaping prison, Winston Churchill left a letter of apology on his bed. The letter began: "I have the honour to inform you that as I do not consider that your Government have any right to detain me as a military prisoner, I have decided to escape from your custody."
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    A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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    Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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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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    Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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