In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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