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    The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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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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    After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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    London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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    Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Ancient gladiators were mostly vegetarians whose diet consisted mainly of grains, beans, and dried fruit, washed down with a vinegar and plant ash tonic.
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