It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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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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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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There’s a Swedish power metal band called “Sabaton” who teach history through their music, including an album devoted to teaching about World War Two.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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