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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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    The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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    The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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    Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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