10 Interesting Fact About Historical events and figures

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• Napoleon Bonaparte is not actually short, he has a height of about 5 feet 7 inches (about 170 cm), which at that time was considered as an average height of French men.
• Leonardo da Vinci is famous as an artist, but he is also a scientist and inventor. He created the concept of helicopter and car without a driver, and also studied human anatomy.
• Christopher Columbus is not the first person to find America. Vikings have arrived in Newfoundland, Canada, about 500 years before Columbus.
• Julius Caesar has experienced convulsions and epilepsy, which may be one of the reasons he often takes risks and acting impulsively.
• Albert Einstein, one of the most famous scientists in the world, cannot speak until the age of 4 and is considered a bad student at school.
• Cleopatra is not an original Egyptian woman, but comes from Greece. He is also fluent in Greek, Egyptian, Arabic and Latin.
• World War I produced many important discoveries, including the use of aircraft in war and the development of tank technology.
• Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, and the only person who won the Nobel Prize in two different fields (physics and chemistry).
• Some people believe that William Shakespeare actually does not write all the literary works that are attributed to him, and maybe others who write most or even entirely.
• Roman general, Mark Antony, died by suicide after losing the battle against Octavian's troops. He committed suicide with his own sword and was trusted to die in Cleopatra's arms.