The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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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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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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