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    Moustache Tea Cups
    Moustache Tea Cups
    In the Victorian era, they had special tea cups that protected your moustache from getting dunked in your tea.
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    In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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    Fire Hydrant Patent
    Fire Hydrant Patent
    No one really knows who invented the fire hydrant, because its patent was burned in a fire.
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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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    During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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    During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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    Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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