The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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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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Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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