Fortune tellers in rural England still use magic cubes, which are made from the blood of a mouse, a dove, and a toad, the eyes of a crab, and moss collected from a graveyard. Ludomir Benedyktowicz, a Polish soldier, lost both hands while fighting the Russians in the Polish uprising of 1863. The 19-year-old youth decided to become a painter. He specialized in vast historical scenes, wielding the brush by means of a hook fastened around the stump of his right arm. Ludomir attained great renown both as an artist and a chess player, while mastering his crippling disability for the next 63 years. Believe It or Not!
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