There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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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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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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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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In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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