The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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A WW2 observation pilot, bored of not being in combat, decided to strap 6 bazookas to his plane. He destroyed several enemy tanks and vehicles. His name was Lt. Col. Charles Carpenter, aka Bazooka Charlie / The Mad Major.
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In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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