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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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    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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    There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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    Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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    Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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    In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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    The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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    The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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