Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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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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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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