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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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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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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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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