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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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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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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A man named Heraclitus had an illness that made his body swell up with water. To try to sweat it off, he buried himself in a steaming pile of animal poo, but then overheated and died of dehydration.
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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