In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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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 Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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In the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.
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Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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