The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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