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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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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