During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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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 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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