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    High Heels were originally made for men in the 16th century.
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    Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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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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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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    Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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    No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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