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 original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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