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A picture of Samuel Colt's pistol

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Samuel Colt, an American inventor, gifted a gold revolver to the Ottoman Empire’s Sultan on his visit to Constantinople and said that the Russians bought his pistols. Sultan immediately placed an order of 5000 guns from him. He did the same with the Russians.

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27,11

A photograph of the Sikhs in the army of Shanghai

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The British employed many Sikhs from India as cheap labour to enforce law and order in Shanghai during the Taiping civil war, circa 1885.

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27,11

A picture of King Edward I's trebuchet

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In 1304, King Edward I built the largest trebucahet ever made. Upon just seeing it, Scots surrendered.

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27,11

A painting of Japanese women

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“Christmas Cake”, refers to single, Japanese women over 25 because “after the 25th they’re not good”.

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27,11

An American construction worker called Gary Brooks was arrested near Afghanistan’s border while hunting down Osama Bin Laden with a 40-inch sword, loaded pistol and night vision goggles.

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An American construction worker called Gary Brooks was arrested near Afghanistan’s border while hunting down Osama Bin Laden with a 40-inch sword, loaded pistol and night vision goggles.

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27,11

A click of Freddie Mercury in a live show

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Doctors advised Freddie Mercury not to do Live Aid in 1985 due to some vocal troubles. He ignored the advice and did it anyway. According to BBC, his 20 mins performance is the most incredible live performance of all time.

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27,11

A sketch of someone farting

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“Fart” is one of the oldest words in the English Language. The term has Indo-European roots and the oldest recorded joke is a saying of the Sumerians, “Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband’s lap.”

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24,11

An image of Steve Jobs

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Steve Jobs believed he was free of any body odour and didn’t need to shower regularly due to his vegan diet. He thought that it flushed off any mucus. His former colleagues quote that he was “very very wrong”.

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24,11

Nimrod's portrait

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In the Bible, “Nimrod” is a mighty hunter and a King. But Bugs Bunny called Elmer Fudd a nimrod, sarcastically. This led to a generation of kids thinking Nimrod is a synonym for idiot or moron.

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23,11

A painting of Blacks in ancient Rome

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In Ancient Rome, nobody discriminated against Black people for their skin colour. They weren’t excluded from any profession, nor was there a stigma against the mixed race.

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23,11

Agnes Waterhouse, a witch, was England's first woman to be executed

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In 1566, England executed its first woman for witchcraft, Agnes Waterhouse. She was guilty of turning her cat into a toad, which then turned into a dog with horns & threatened her neighbour with a knife. She denied all charges but was guilty & hung later.

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23,11

An image of Kentucky's wild turkey whiskey distillery

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In 2000, a wild turkey whiskey storage facility in Kentucky, USA, caught fire. It had over 17000 barrels of Whiskey stored & it flowed into the woods in the area and set them on fire. However, 20% of the Whiskey flowed into the Kentucky river killing 230000 fish along 66 miles.

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23,11

Michelangelo's painting

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Michelangelo illustrated his grocery lists so that his illiterate servants would know what to buy him.

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23,11

A picture of the Titanic menu

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First class meals on Titanic consisted of up to 13 different courses. Each course had wine and lasted 4/5 hours.

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23,11

A sculpture of Eunus

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Eunus, a slave magician joked on stage that he planned to overthrow the roman rule and become the king of Sicily. This led to a huge uprising of slaves and later he crowned himself as king.

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23,11

A picture of people laughing

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“Death from Laughter” is recorded as a genuine cause of death throughout the history in England. A man known to have died due to laughing for 25 long minutes watching “The goodies”. His widow wrote a letter to the show to thank them for making his last moments of life pleasant.

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23,11

A painting of Thomas Jefferson

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In 1784, Thomas Jefferson proposed a federal law to end slavery in all the US territories. But his bill lost in Congress by just one vote.

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23,11

A picture of Williamina Fleming

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In the 1880s, the staff of Harvard Observatory frustrated their director. He said, “ My Scottish maid could do better than this”. Eventually he hired his maid Williamina Fleming. She ran a team for decades successfully and classified thousands of Stars!

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23,11

An image of Richard Nixon

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Richard Nixon is the only American President in the history of the US elected twice as Vice President and President.

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20,11

An image of King Farouk I and Winston Churchill

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King Farouk I of Egypt or “Thief of Cairo”, would often disguise himself and shoplift in markets and stores. He even hired a professional thief to teach him how to pickpockets. Also, he once stole Winston Churchill’s pocket watch.

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20,11

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