In 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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