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    Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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    "Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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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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    Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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    During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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    The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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    Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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