In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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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 first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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