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 handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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