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    Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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    India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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    The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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    Mozart
    Mozart
    Mozart composed a song titled "Leck mich im Arsch", which translates to "Lick me in the arse".
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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    The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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