If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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A WW2 observation pilot, bored of not being in combat, decided to strap 6 bazookas to his plane. He destroyed several enemy tanks and vehicles. His name was Lt. Col. Charles Carpenter, aka Bazooka Charlie / The Mad Major.
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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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Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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