In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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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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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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