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    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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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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    The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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    During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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    Moustache Tea Cups
    Moustache Tea Cups
    In the Victorian era, they had special tea cups that protected your moustache from getting dunked in your tea.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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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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    Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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