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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In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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A WW2 observation pilot, bored of not being in combat, decided to strap 6 bazookas to his plane. He destroyed several enemy tanks and vehicles. His name was Lt. Col. Charles Carpenter, aka Bazooka Charlie / The Mad Major.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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