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 Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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