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    High Heels were originally made for men in the 16th century.
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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    February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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    The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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    The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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