Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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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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