The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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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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There’s a Swedish power metal band called “Sabaton” who teach history through their music, including an album devoted to teaching about World War Two.
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In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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