Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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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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