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 life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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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 first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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