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    The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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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 wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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    Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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    In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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    The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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