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    In 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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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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    Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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    In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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