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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The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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The ‘@’ sign is centuries old, and was used in Europe to denote a unit of weight (the “arroba”) equivalent to 25 lbs.
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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The rarest motorcycle in the world was found behind a brick wall in Chicago and has engine technologies well ahead of its time. The “Traub” is still running to this day.
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It's still possible to see the division between East and West Germany due to different light bulbs.
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