If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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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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The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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