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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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    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih, once a prostitute, became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of China during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.
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    The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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    The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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    In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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    The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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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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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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