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    A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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    In 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
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    Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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    If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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    After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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    The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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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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    A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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