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    The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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    To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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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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    English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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    The exact cause of death and burial site of Genghis Khan is unknown, because all of the 2000 funeral guests and 800 soldiers were killed in order to preserve the secret.
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    Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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