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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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    "Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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    Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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    In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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    Winston Churchill's Letter of Apology for Escaping from Prison
    Before escaping prison, Winston Churchill left a letter of apology on his bed. The letter began: "I have the honour to inform you that as I do not consider that your Government have any right to detain me as a military prisoner, I have decided to escape from your custody."
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    Voltaire's Last Words
    Voltaire's Last Words
    When Voltaire was asked to renounce Satan on his deathbed, his last words were: "This is no time for making new enemies."
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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