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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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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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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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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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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