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    Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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    The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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    There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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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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    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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    Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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    Derinkuyu Underground City
    Derinkuyu Underground City
    In 1963, a man found a mysterious room behind a wall in his home that lead to a huge underground city that once housed up to 20,000 people, complete with schools, livestock pens, and food stores, dating back over a millennium.
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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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