A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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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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The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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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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During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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