Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne, and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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During WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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