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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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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The exact cause of death and burial site of Genghis Khan is unknown, because all of the 2000 funeral guests and 800 soldiers were killed in order to preserve the secret.
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In 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
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