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    At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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    The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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    The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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    London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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    The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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