Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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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 life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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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.
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The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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