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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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    Japanese Holdout
    Japanese Holdout
    After World War 2 ended in 1945, a Japanese officer named Hiroo Onoda didn't surrender and continued the war for 29 years because he didn't know that Japan had surrendered and the war was over.
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    Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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    Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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    The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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    There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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    In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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    There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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