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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The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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