The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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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 flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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