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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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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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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The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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