During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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During WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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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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At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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