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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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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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    Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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    Candle Clocks
    Candle Clocks
    Before clocks, there were candle clocks that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder.
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    To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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    There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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