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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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    Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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    Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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    Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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    February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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