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    If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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    Rocket Mail
    Rocket Mail
    In 1959, the USPS attempted to deliver mail via cruise missile and successfully shipped 3,000 pieces of mail from Virginia to Florida in 22 minutes.
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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    High Heels were originally made for men in the 16th century.
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    Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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