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    The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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    Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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    In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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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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    A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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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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