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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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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