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.
28
Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
153
Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
80
Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
40
Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
22
Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
24
Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
47
There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
40