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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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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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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The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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