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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During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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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 was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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