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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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The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.

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When Voltaire was asked to renounce Satan on his deathbed, his last words were: "This is no time for making new enemies."

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There are scrolls from the Edo period of Japan that suggest fart battles took place. The drawings show men blasting farts at other men, women, and even a cat.

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Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were born on the same day.

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Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor, was left stranded on a deserted island in 1704, but survived for over 4 years, partly by using feral cats to protect him from ravenous rats that attacked during the night.

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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.

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In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!

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