The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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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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During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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The exact cause of death and burial site of Genghis Khan is unknown, because all of the 2000 funeral guests and 800 soldiers were killed in order to preserve the secret.
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The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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