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    Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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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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    Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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    The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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    Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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    In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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    Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne, and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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