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Beer was the first trademarked product - British beer Bass Pale Ale received its trademark in 1876.
Playing-cards were known in Persia and India as far back as the 12th century. A pack then consisted of 48 instead of 52 cards.
Excavations from Egyptian tombs dating to 5,000 BC show that the ancient Egyptian kids played with toy hedgehogs.
Accounts from Holland and Spain suggest that during the 1500s and 1600s urine was commonly used as a tooth-cleaning agent.
In 1969 the US launched a male chimpanzee called Ham into space.
In 1963 the French launched a cat called Feliette into space.
The first written account of the Loch Ness Monster, or Nessie, was made in 565AD.
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