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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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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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    Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih, once a prostitute, became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of China during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.
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    Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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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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