Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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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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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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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 Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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