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    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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    Alexander Selkirk
    Alexander Selkirk
    Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor, was left stranded on a deserted island in 1704, but survived for over 4 years, partly by using feral cats to protect him from ravenous rats that attacked during the night.
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    Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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    Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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    The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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    The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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