The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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