The Black Rooster

Chianti (Wine)

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Statements:
1. It is said that the black rooster was starved and kept in a dark room for multiple days to make it crow earlier.
2. It is now effectively compulsory to display the rooster on a bottle of wine, if it is to be called Chianti Classico.
3. Producers from a village in Burgundy, France, sued in 2013 to prevent the trademark from being enforced.

Soundtrack Attribution:

Sneaky Adventure by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4383-sneaky-adventure 

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The First Christmas Card

Statements:
1. Some of the cards were given to Queen Victoria, who sent them to other European Monarchs,
2. Early Christmas cards were inspired by Valentine’s Day cards.
3. The second commercially produced Christmas card was not released until 1848 (1843).

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Soundtrack Attribution:

Sneaky Adventure by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4383-sneaky-adventure 

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Article: The 50 Worst Inventions

Smell-O-Vision

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Statements:
1. Despite high anticipation, the smell-o-vision system was used only once.
2. Viewers claimed Smell-O-Vision made them drowsy.
3. Due to there being a similar competitor, the race to deliver scented cinema was called ‘The Battle of the Smellies.’

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Soundtrack Attribution:

Sneaky Adventure by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4383-sneaky-adventure 

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Kinetoscope

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Soundtrack Attribution:

Sneaky Adventure by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4383-sneaky-adventure 

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sinners’ Bible

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Soundtrack Attribution:

Sneaky Adventure by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4383-sneaky-adventure 

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Status Quo (Jerusalem and Bethlehem)

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Nusaybah Family

Statements:
1. The ladder has actually been moved twice, despite the strict rules of the Status Quo.
2. Pope Paul VI went to Jerusalem in 1962 to get the ladder permanently removed.
3. A muslim family has cared for the keys to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for 800 years.


Soundtrack Attribution:

Sneaky Adventure by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4383-sneaky-adventure 

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Vostok 1

Yuri Gagarin

Space Dog Laika

Statements:
1. America put a man in space only one month after the Vostok 1 mission.
2. The man responsible for designing the mission (Sergei Korolev) was a former soviet prisoner.
3. After Vostok 1, along with receiving many honours, Yuri Gagarin went on a propaganda tour with the first dog in space.

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Soundtrack Attribution:

Sneaky Adventure by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4383-sneaky-adventure 

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Object: Newes from Scotland

British Library listing of News from Scotland

'The Crucible’ by Arthur Miller

Soundtrack Attribution:
Sneaky Adventure by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4383-sneaky-adventure
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

33 Thomas Street

Yorkshire Tea

Statements:
1. The building is probably used by the NSA as a mass surveillance hub.
2. In 1991, a small oversight resulted in 5 million calls being blocked in a single day.
3. There was a worker’s strike in 1983 due to the conditions within the building.

Soundtrack Attribution:

Sneaky Adventure by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4383-sneaky-adventure
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Emperor Fountain

Statements:
1. The fountain infrastructure now generates a third of the House’s electricity.
2. The 7th Earl’s wine (Blanche) had the fountain uninstalled because she didn’t like it.
3. Tsar Nicholas never saw the fountain.

Soundtrack Attribution:

Sneaky Adventure by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4383-sneaky-adventure
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/