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    In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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    Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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    Ancient Fart Battles
    Ancient Fart Battles
    There are scrolls from the Edo period of Japan that suggest fart battles took place. The drawings show men blasting farts at other men, women, and even a cat.
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    Nobuo Fujita
    Nobuo Fujita
    The Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WW2 returned years later to present his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city as a symbol of regret.
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    Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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    In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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    Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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