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    Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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    In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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    It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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    The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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    There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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    Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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