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5 Famous Figures Who Nearly Made the Olympics
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In 67 CE, the Roman Emperor Nero decided to take part in the Olympic Games. He competed in a number of events, including chariot racing, singing, poetry, and lyre playing. Needless to say, the eccentric emperor made sure he was declared the winner in each discipline — including the chariot race, despite him falling out of his chariot and never finishing the event. Other famous figures have made far more dignified appearances in the modern Olympics. George S. Patton, one of the United States’ most famous military generals, competed in the modern pentathlon at the ...Read More
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Famous FiguresFact50Columbus said he saw mermaids.
On January 9, 1493, as Christopher Columbus was sailing along the northern coast of Hispaniola (near what is now the Dominican Republic), his journal recorded an unusual sighting from the…
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Famous FiguresFact99Mother Teresa’s real name wasn’t Teresa.
Though the world knew her as Mother Teresa, the nun who would become a saint was known to her family of devout Albanian Catholics as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. Born in…
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Famous FiguresArticle457 of the Youngest Leaders in World History
Across eras and continents, young people have taken on the responsibility of leadership at ages when most of us are just beginning to learn how to navigate adulthood. Some of…
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Famous FiguresFact59Washington’s men drank more than 150 bottles of alcohol days before the Constitution was signed.
The Constitution may be one of the most weighty documents in United States history, but the festivities held just days before it was signed were hardly solemn. On September 14,…
