Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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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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