Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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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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During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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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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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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