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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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    In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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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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    The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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    There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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    Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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    The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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