Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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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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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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