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    Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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    The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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    A WW2 observation pilot, bored of not being in combat, decided to strap 6 bazookas to his plane. He destroyed several enemy tanks and vehicles. His name was Lt. Col. Charles Carpenter, aka Bazooka Charlie / The Mad Major.
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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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    Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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    Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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