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    The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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    Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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    The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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    Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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    During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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    Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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