History

Bizarre Fact #111:
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Despite his great scientific and artistic achievement, Leonardo Da Vinci was most proud of his ability to bend iron with his bare hands.

Bizarre Fact #112:
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Dinner guests during the medieval times in England were expected to bring their own knives to the table.

Bizarre Fact #113:
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During the American revolution, more inhabitants of the American colonies fought for the British than for the Continental Army.

Bizarre Fact #114:
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During the California Gold Rush of 1849 miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the extremely high costs in California during these boom years it was deemed more feasible to send the shirts to Hawaii for servicing.

Bizarre Fact #115:
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During the Crimean War, the British Army lost ten times more troops to dysentery than to battle wounds.

Bizarre Fact #116:
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During the Renaissance blond hair became so much de rigueur in Venice that a brunette was not to be seen except among the working classes. Venetian women spent hours dyeing and burnishing their hair until they achieved the harsh metallic glitter that was considered a necessity.

Bizarre Fact #117:
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During the Renaissance, fashionable aristocratic Italian women shaved their hair several inches back from their natural hairlines.

Bizarre Fact #118:
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During the Spanish American War in 1898 there were 45 stars on the American flag.

Bizarre Fact #119:
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During World War II the original copies of the U. S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence was taken from the Library of Congress and kept at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Bizarre Fact #120:
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During World War II, the U.S. Navy had a world champion chess player, Reuben Fine, calculate - on the basis of positional probability - where enemy submarines might surface.