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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In 2012, redditor laporkenstein forged his own wedding ring out of a Gibeon meteorite.
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The longest Monopoly game in a bathtub lasted 99 hours!
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Rather than use CGI, Tim Burton had 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts for Charlie & The Chocolate Factory.
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While pumpkins are typically orange, they can also be green, white, red, gray, and even blue.
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There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
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