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    Winston Churchill's Letter of Apology for Escaping from Prison
    Before escaping prison, Winston Churchill left a letter of apology on his bed. The letter began: "I have the honour to inform you that as I do not consider that your Government have any right to detain me as a military prisoner, I have decided to escape from your custody."
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    Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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    The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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    The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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    Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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    India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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    No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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