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Top 8 Interesting Facts about Galileo Galilei
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Galileo Galilei was a brilliant scientist who made revolutionary discoveries for his time. This caused a lot of controversy, especially within the Church. He ...
Top 8 Interesting Facts about Miguel de Cervantes
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Author Miguel de Cervantes was a poet, playwright and novelist best known for his two-part masterpiece "Don Quixote". A true literary genius, he wrote in all ...
Top 9 Facts about Neil Armstrong
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American astronaut and aeronautical engineer Neil Alden Armstrong, who died on August 25, 2012, was the first person to set foot on the moon. He was born on ...
Top 7 Interesting Facts about Edmund Halley
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Edmond (or Edmund) Halley was an English scientist best known for foreseeing the orbit of the comet that would subsequently bear his name. Although he is best ...
Top 7 Interesting Facts about Benjamin Netanyahu
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You might not know much about Benjamin Netanyahu if you are not interested in world politics. As the former Israeli prime minister and a vociferous advocate ...
Top 10 Interesting Facts About James Garfield
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On November 2, 1880, James Garfield was chosen as the country's 20th president after being nominated as a compromise candidate at the Republican National ...
Top 7 Interesting Facts about James Wolfe
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One of the most significant British Army officers in history was James Wolfe. He was a key player in the Seven Year War, and his military strategy had a ...
Top 7 Interesting Facts About Ray Kroc
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American businessman Raymond Kroc (1902–1984) is most known for making McDonald's the most prosperous global network of fast-food restaurants. His charisma was ...
Top 6 Interesting Facts about Douglas MacArthur
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Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American military leader who served as General of the Army for the United States. During the 1930s, ...
Top 11 Interesting Facts about Kim Jong-il
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Kim Jong-il, also known as Kim Chong Il, was the leader of North Korea and the son of Kim Il-Sung. He was born on February 16, 1941, in Siberia, USSR, and ...
Top 7 Interesting Facts about Edward Teller
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Edward Teller (January 15, 1908 - September 9, 2003) was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb". ...
Top 10 Interesting Facts about John Davision Rockefeller
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John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 - May 23, 1937) was a business magnate and philanthropist from the United States. He is usually regarded as the ...
Top 7 Interesting Facts about Nelson Mandela
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (July 18, 1918 - December 5, 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist who served as the country's first president from 1994 ...
Top 10 Interesting Facts about C.S. Lewis
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You don't know Jack very well if all you know about C. S. Lewis is from his Narnia novels. Of course, Lewis was known to his buddies as "Jack." We've compiled ...
Top 9 Interesting Facts about John Brown
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John Brown, an abolitionist hardliner who was born on May 9th, 1800, advocated for military resistance against slavery in the United States. In an angry ...
Top 7 Interesting Facts about Andrew Carnegie
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Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist who pioneered the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. ...
Top 9 Interesting Facts About James Clerk Maxwell
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James Clerk Maxwell was a Scottish physicist who is best known for developing the theory of electromagnetism, or the theory that electricity arises from ...
Top 4 Interesting Facts About James Watt
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James Watt was one of the most well-known figures of the Industrial Revolution. James Watt's influence can still be seen in many modern inventions. This ...
