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    Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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    Candle Clocks
    Candle Clocks
    Before clocks, there were candle clocks that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder.
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    Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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    There’s a Swedish power metal band called “Sabaton” who teach history through their music, including an album devoted to teaching about World War Two.
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    Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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    The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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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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    The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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