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 the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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