Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
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A female photographer in the 50s took tens of thousands of pictures and remained remained unknown until her death. She is now considered one of the most important street photographers ever.
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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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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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In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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