In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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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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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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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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The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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