Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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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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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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