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    Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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    In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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    February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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