During WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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