In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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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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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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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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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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