In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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A WW2 observation pilot, bored of not being in combat, decided to strap 6 bazookas to his plane. He destroyed several enemy tanks and vehicles. His name was Lt. Col. Charles Carpenter, aka Bazooka Charlie / The Mad Major.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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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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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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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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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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