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The first recorded strike occurred in ancient Egypt.
During the reign of Ramesses III (around 1170 BC), workers building the royal necropolis organized a strike to protest late payment of wages. The workers sat down and refused to work until they were given their overdue rations. This is documented in the Turin Strike Papyrus.
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The first recorded use of OMG was in a 1917 letter to Winston Churchill.
Admiral John Arbuthnot Fisher wrote to Winston Churchill in 1917, using 'OMG' as an abbreviation for 'Oh My...
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Vikings used cod as currency.
Dried cod was so valuable in medieval Norway that it was used as a form of currency. The...
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The first recorded occurrence of biological warfare used honey.
In 401 BC, Persian soldiers left poisonous honey for their enemies to find. The honey was made from...