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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In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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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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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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