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    "Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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    There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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    Capt. Robert Campbell
    Capt. Robert Campbell
    Capt. Robert Campbell, a British officer captured during World War I, was granted leave to visit his dying mother on one condition - that he return to captivity. He kept his word and returned, only to try escaping as soon as he returned.
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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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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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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    During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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