During WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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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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The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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