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1. Which famous Greek orator shaved half of his head so that he would not be tempted to leave his house instead of focusing on his work?
2. Which Greek philosopher and mathematician banned his followers from eating beans because of his belief that passing gas expelled part of the soul?
3. Which founding father of the USA, known for inventing bifocals, sat naked in his window in the winter to help with air circulation and prevent disease?
4. Which 18th-century Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist invented a modern system of classifying organisms that initially included a category for such creatures as unicorns, hydra and sirens?
5. Which 19th century English poet and painter buried unpublished manuscripts with his beloved wife, only to dig them up seven years later to publish them?
6. Which Serbo-American inventor who helped design the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply is said to have curled the toes on each of his feet 100 times before going to bed because he thought it improved his brain cells?
7. Which American inventor associated with the development of the light bulb tested potential research associates by having them eat a bowl of soup?
8. Which Spanish surrealist artist best known for the painting "The Persistence of Memory" once gave a lecture on "authentic paranoid ghosts" while dressed in a wetsuit, with a billiard cue and a pair of Russian wolfhounds?
9. Which American forensic scientist was so obsessed with cruxifixion and the Shroud of Turin that he roped himself and his assistants upside down on crosses to determine how Jesus died?
10. Which Japanese inventor, who patented the floppy disk, claimed that many of his best ideas came to him when he was close to dying in one of his many airless deep dives?
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