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    The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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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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    Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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    A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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    If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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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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