Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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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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In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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