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    5000-Year-Old Embrace
    5000-Year-Old Embrace
    In 2007, the 5000-year-old skeletal remains of two lovers embracing each other were found at Mantua.
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    Voltaire's Last Words
    Voltaire's Last Words
    When Voltaire was asked to renounce Satan on his deathbed, his last words were: "This is no time for making new enemies."
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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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    The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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    The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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    There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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    In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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    Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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