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    Bourbon was created by a clergyman. Rev. Elijah Craig distilled whisky from maize, and named it after his home in Bourbon County, Kentucky.

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The first machine gun was patented by James Puckle

On the 15th May, 1718, a London lawyer, James Puckle, received a patent for the world’s first machine gun.

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