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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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    Moustache Tea Cups
    Moustache Tea Cups
    In the Victorian era, they had special tea cups that protected your moustache from getting dunked in your tea.
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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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    Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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    The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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    The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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    Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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    In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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