Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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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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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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