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    Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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    The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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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 first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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    A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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    Chinese General With Only 100 Men Made An Army of 150,000 Retreat
    According to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Shu general Zhuge Liang had to defend a town with a mere 100 troops against an army of 150,000. He hid his men, flung open the gates, and sat on the walls playing a lute. The opposing general of Wei, Sima Yi, certain it was a trap, ordered a retreat.
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    In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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