Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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