The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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A WW2 observation pilot, bored of not being in combat, decided to strap 6 bazookas to his plane. He destroyed several enemy tanks and vehicles. His name was Lt. Col. Charles Carpenter, aka Bazooka Charlie / The Mad Major.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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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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The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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