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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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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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    The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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    There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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    Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
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    There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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    The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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    During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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