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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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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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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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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