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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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    There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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    Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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    In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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    The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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