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    The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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    The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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    The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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    Derinkuyu Underground City
    Derinkuyu Underground City
    In 1963, a man found a mysterious room behind a wall in his home that lead to a huge underground city that once housed up to 20,000 people, complete with schools, livestock pens, and food stores, dating back over a millennium.
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    In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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    The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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    "Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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