In 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
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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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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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