India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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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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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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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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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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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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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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