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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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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The exact cause of death and burial site of Genghis Khan is unknown, because all of the 2000 funeral guests and 800 soldiers were killed in order to preserve the secret.
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