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When Albert Einstein died, his final words died with him. The nurse at his side didn't understand German.

St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was not Irish.

St. John was the only one of the 12 Apostles to die a natural death.St. John was the only one of the 12 Apostles to die a natural death.

A South African monkey was once awarded a medal and promoted to the rank of corporal during World War I.

China banned the pigtail in 1911 as it was seen as a symbol of feudalism.

Sliced bread was patented by a jeweller, Otto Rohwedder, in 1928. He had been working on it for 16 years, having started in 1912.

An American aircraft in Vietnam shot itself down with one of its own missiles.

In 1647 the English Parliament abolished Christmas.

In Ancient Peru, when a woman found an 'ugly' potato, it was the custom for her to push it into the face of the nearest man.

Henry VII was the only British King to be crowned on the field of battle

During World War One, the future Pope John XXIII was a sergeant in the Italian Army.

Richard II died aged 33 in 1400. A hole was left in the side of his tomb so people could touch his royal head, but 376 years later some took advantage of this and stole his jawbone.

Albert Einstein was once offered the Presidency of Israel. He declined saying he had no head for problems.

Ralph and Carolyn Cummins had 5 children between 1952 and 1966, all were born on the 20 February.

In the 1970's, the Rhode Island Legislature in the US entertained a proposal that there be a $2 tax on every act of sexual intercourse in the State.

The 'Hundred Years War' lasted 116 years.

It is illegal to be a prostitute in Siena,Italy, if your name is Mary.

The Turk's consider it considered unlucky to step on a piece of bread.

One of Queen Victoria's wedding gifts was a 3 metre diameter, half tonne cheese.

Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never phones his wife or his mother, they were both deaf.

Sir Winston Churchill rationed himself to 15 cigars a day.

During the reign of Elizabeth I, there was a tax put on men's beards.

Some Eskimos have been known to use refrigerators to keep their food from freezing.

It is illegal to play tennis in the streets of Cambridge.

The active ingredient in Chinese Bird's nest soup is saliva.

The national flag of Italy was designed by Napoleon Bonaparte.The great Russian leader, Lenin died 21 January 1924, suffering from a degenerative brain disorder. At the time of his death his brain was a quarter of its normal size.

When shipped to the US, the London bridge ( thought by the new owner to be the more famous Tower Bridge ) was classified by US customs to be a 'large antique'.

Between the two World War's, France was controlled by forty different governments.