Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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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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Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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