The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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