Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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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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Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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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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