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1) In Tudor England if you were found guilty of "vagrancy" (being a tramp) twice, there would be a hole burned through your ear - a third time and you would be executed! 2) In 1764 Mozart composed his first symphony at the age of eightIn  3) In 931 a farmer killed King Theinhko of Burma for eating his cucumbers without asking. The farmer then had himself crowend King Nyanng-u Sawrahan and became known as the "Cucumber King"  4) On 28th April, 1978 the president of Afghanistan Mohammed Daoud Khan was shot dead in a coup. The new government said he had resigned for health reasons. 5) The  Anglo-Zanzibar War was the shortest war in recorded history lasting for 45 minutes on 27th August 1896. 6) On the other hand, the longest war in history was the Dutch-Scilly War, lasting from 1651-1986; 335 years.      7) Queen Elizabeth I, owned a total of 3000 dresses! 8) Most Roman gladiators ate a vegetarian diet consisting of grains, beans, dried frui...

"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness."  ~ Eleanor Roosevelt (1884- 1962) "Those who fail to learn history, are doomed to repeat it." ~ Winston Churchill (1874- 1965) "I don't think of all the misery in the world, but of the beauty that remains." ~ Anne Frank (1929- 1945) "It's far better to be alone, than to be in bad company." ~ George Washington (1732- 1799) "If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it then I can achieve it." ~ Muhammad Ali (1942- 2016) "Prejudices are what fools use for reason." ~ Voltaire (1694- 1778) "Kindness is not an act, its a lifestyle."  ~ Antony Douglas Williams "Life is hard, after all it kills you!" ~ Katharine Hepburn (1907- 2003) "It always seems impossible until its done." ~ Nelson Mandela (1918- 2013) "A room without books is like a body without a soul." ~ Cicero (106 BC/BCE- 46 BC/BCE) "You must ...

Please note that this is in no particular order. - Beth Emmeline Pankhurst: Mrs. Pankhurst was a political activist and leader of the Suffragettes. The Suffragettes were a women's organisation who fought for women's rights to votes. Whilst the Suffragettes were fighting for their rights, the did some very radical protests. For instance, they went on hunger strike in prison and were forced fed by tubes through their noses and one woman- Emily Davidson even threw herself under a horse in an attempt to get women to vote. Eventually with all the efforts, women won the right to vote in 1918. Mrs. Pankhurst passed away on 15th July 1928.  Margaret of Anjou: Margaret of Anjou played a major part in the Wars of the Roses. She was the daughter of the king of Naples and married Henry VI in 1445 when she was 15 years old. During the war, her husband, the leader of the Lancastrian side, was ill a lot; as a result, Margaret was the mastermind behind many of the Lancastrian victories....