The world's first Buddhist ruler, Emperor Ashoka, who ruled India from 274-232 BCE, was the first ruler in human history to ban slavery, the death penalty, animal cruelty, and deforestation. He even advocated gender equality in education and religious institutions.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Only about 2% of the world population has green eyes.
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Your fingernails grow faster in summer.
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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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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