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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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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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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 first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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    The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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    Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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