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    Moustache Tea Cups
    Moustache Tea Cups
    In the Victorian era, they had special tea cups that protected your moustache from getting dunked in your tea.
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    The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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    The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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    Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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    The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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    Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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