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    After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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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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    Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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    In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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    The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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    5000-Year-Old Embrace
    5000-Year-Old Embrace
    In 2007, the 5000-year-old skeletal remains of two lovers embracing each other were found at Mantua.
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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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