Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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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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