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    Candle Clocks
    Candle Clocks
    Before clocks, there were candle clocks that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder.
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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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    The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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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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    Tsar Bomba
    Tsar Bomba
    The largest nuclear bomb ever built, the Tsar Bomba, caused damage up to approximately 1,000km away.
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    France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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    The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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    The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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