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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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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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    Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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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 first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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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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    There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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    In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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