In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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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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The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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