The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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A WW2 observation pilot, bored of not being in combat, decided to strap 6 bazookas to his plane. He destroyed several enemy tanks and vehicles. His name was Lt. Col. Charles Carpenter, aka Bazooka Charlie / The Mad Major.
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