The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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