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    There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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    After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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    In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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    In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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    France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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    Candle Clocks
    Candle Clocks
    Before clocks, there were candle clocks that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder.
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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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