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    The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Ancient gladiators were mostly vegetarians whose diet consisted mainly of grains, beans, and dried fruit, washed down with a vinegar and plant ash tonic.
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    Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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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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    During WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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    Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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