In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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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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