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    A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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    Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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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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    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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    There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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    No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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