In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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