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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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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