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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Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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