Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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