India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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