The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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In the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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