In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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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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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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