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    Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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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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    Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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