In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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