In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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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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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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