Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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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 ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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