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    The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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    The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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    Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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    The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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    The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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    The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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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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    Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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