Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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