France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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