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    The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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    Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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