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
Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
47
Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
11
If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
67
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.
20
The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
112
Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
41