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    The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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    The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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    The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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    The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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    The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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