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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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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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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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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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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