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| John James from Sydney, Australia has been declared the most intelligent person on Terra. 6 months from his birth and he knew to count, when he was 1 year old he could make operations like addition and substraction, when he was 2 he learnt algebra and when he was 4 he could solve problems that most of the best mathematicians could not solve. He broke a hand when he jumped in a swimming pool without looking if there was water inside and he managed to inflame his house twice. |
| In the mid 70's, Australians were the 3rd biggest beer drinkers in the world (behind Germany and Belgium). In the late 90's, they don't even get into the top ten! |
| After consuming a vibrant brew called Aul or Ale, the Vikings would go fearlessly to the battlefield, without their armour, or even their shirts. The "Berserk" means "bear shirt" in norse, and eventually to the meaning of wild battles. |
| When George I became King of England in 1714, his wife did not become Queen. He placed her under house arrest for 32 years. |
| King George III was declared violently insane in 1811, 9 years before he died. |
| Born 4 January 1838, General Tom Thumb's growth slowed at the age of 6 months, at 5 years he was signed to the circus by P.T. Barnum, and at adulthood reached a height of only 1 metre. |
| St. John was the only one of the 12 Apostles to die a natural death. |
| When Albert Einstein died, his final words died with him. The nurse at his side didn't understand German. |
| The women of the Tiwi tribe in the South Pacific are married at birth. |
| Gottlieb Daimler built the world's first taxi in 1897. It was called the Daimler Victoria and had a taxi meter. On 16 June of that year the taxi was delivered to Stuttgart transportation entrepreneur Friedrich Greiner who used it to start the world's first motorized taxi company. |
| Boris Karloff is the narrator of the seasonal television special "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." |
| Stalin's left foot had webbed toes, and his left arm is noticeably shorter than his right. |
| Stalin was only five feet, four inches tall. |
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