Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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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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Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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A WW2 observation pilot, bored of not being in combat, decided to strap 6 bazookas to his plane. He destroyed several enemy tanks and vehicles. His name was Lt. Col. Charles Carpenter, aka Bazooka Charlie / The Mad Major.
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The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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