The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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