During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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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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