Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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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 great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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