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    Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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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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    Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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    There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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    The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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    A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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    During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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