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    Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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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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    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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    Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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    Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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    Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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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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    Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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