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    Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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    Japanese Holdout
    After World War 2 ended in 1945, a Japanese officer named Hiroo Onoda didn't surrender and continued the war for 29 years because he didn't know that Japan had surrendered and the war was over.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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    There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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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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    Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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    High Heels were originally made for men in the 16th century.
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