The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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