Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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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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