1) There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown.
2) Napoleon was terrified of cats.
3) The oldest known vegetable is the pea.
4) Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935.
5) The Ottoman Empire once had seven emperors in seven months. They died of (in order): burning, choking, drowning, stabbing, heart failure, poisoning and being thrown from a horse.
6) In medieval Thailand, they had moveable type printing presses. The type was made from baked oxen dung.
7) It takes a ton of water to make a pound of refined sugar.
8) In 1221 the daughter of Genghis Khan ordered the killing of the entire population of the city of Nishapur (about 60,000) in one hour. The order came after her husband killing. (Moguls claim that 1.7 million were killed) There are 35 million digestive glands in the stomach.
9) King Henry III of France, Louis XVI of France and Napoleon all suffered from ailurophobia--fear of cats.
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