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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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    Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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    The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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    Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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    Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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