The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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