The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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