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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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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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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