Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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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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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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