Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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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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