During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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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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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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