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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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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