A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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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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During WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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