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LUTON
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KISSING
More germs are transferred shaking hands than kissing. During World War I, it was reported... MORE

WRIST
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CARTOON
The first public performance of an animated cartoon on October 28, 1892, in Paris. The cartoon... MORE

WASHINGTON
Washington had a horse called Nelson and was said to have been the first American... MORE

CRASH
Work began in Sweden in 2006 on developing the first female dummy for use in... MORE

WATERMELON
The first recorded watermelon harvest took place around 5,000 years ago in Egypt. Pictures of the... MORE

JAMAICA
The name 'Jamaica' comes from an Arawak Indian word meaning 'land of wood and water'. In... MORE

PORK
In 2007, a French court ruled that it is not discriminatory to offer pork soup... MORE

OLIVE
'Light that shines on olive leaves is like a diamond and makes the painter lose... MORE

CHOCOLATE
Montezuma started the myth about chocolate being an aphrodisiac. His cup of cocoa at bedtime... MORE

AUGUSTUS
The Roman Emperor Augustus was 5ft 7in tall and wore thick-soled shoes so that he... MORE

DEAFNESS2
According to a German scientist, Tyrannosaurus Rex was practically deaf and certainly could not pick... MORE

PETER PAN
J.M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan, was only 5ft 2in tall (he stopped growing... MORE