A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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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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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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