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    Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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    "Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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    In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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    Winston Churchill's Letter of Apology for Escaping from Prison
    Before escaping prison, Winston Churchill left a letter of apology on his bed. The letter began: "I have the honour to inform you that as I do not consider that your Government have any right to detain me as a military prisoner, I have decided to escape from your custody."
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    The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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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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