The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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During WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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