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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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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