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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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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During WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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