Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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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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In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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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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