The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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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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