Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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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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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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