HISTORY FACTS Despite his great scientific and artistic achievement, Leonardo Da Vinci was most proud of his ability to bend iron with his bare hands. Louisa May Alcott, author of the classic Little Women, hated kids. She only wrote the book because her publisher asked her to. Soldiers arrived to fight the Battle of Marne in World War I - not on foot or by military airplane or military vehicle - but by taxi cabs. France took over all the taxi cabs in Paris to get soldiers to the front. The U.S. Automobile Association was formed in 1905 for the purpose or providing scouts who could warn motorists of hidden police traps. On June 8, 1959, in a move a postal official heralded as of historic significance to the peoples of the entire world, the Navy submarine U.S.S. Barbero fired a guided missile carrying 3,000 letters at the Naval Auxiliary Air Station in Mayport, Florida. Before man reaches the moon, the official was quoted as saying, mail will be delivered within hours from New York to California, to Britain, to India or Australia by guided missiles. History proved differently, but this experiment with missile mail exemplifies the pioneering spirit of the Post Office Department when it came to developing faster, better ways of moving the mail.... however, they dont mention if the 3,000 letters were ever delivered. Chrysler built B-29s that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant called Diamond Star. New Zealand was the first place in the world to allow women to vote. The state of South Australia was next, in 1894, and it was also the first place to allow women to stand for parliament. The Taj Mahal complex in India was built between 1631 and 1634 at a cost of about 40-million rupees. The first telephone exchange opened on January 28, 1878, in New Haven, Connecticut. In the late 30s, a man named Abe Pickens of Cleveland, Ohio, attempted to promote world peace by placing personal calls to various country leaders. He managed to contact Mussolini, Hirohito, Franco and Hitler (Hitler, who didnt understand English, transferred him to an aide). He spent$10,000 to give peace a chance. A female pharaoh was unknown in Egypt before Hatshepsut, who had herself portrayed in male costume, with a beard and without breasts. After being forced to state in public that the earth does not rotate, Galileo is said to have muttered under his breath, But it does move. Historys first recorded toothpaste was an Egyptian mixture of ground pumice and strong wine. But the early Romans brushed their teeth with human urine, and also used it as a mouthwash. Actually, urine was an active component in toothpaste and mouthwashes until well into the 18th century - the ammonia it contains gave them strong cleansing power.
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