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    Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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    5000-Year-Old Embrace
    5000-Year-Old Embrace
    In 2007, the 5000-year-old skeletal remains of two lovers embracing each other were found at Mantua.
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    Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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    The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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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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    There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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    There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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    During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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