In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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A Kodak engineer constructed the first digital camera in 1975. They didn't want to go digital. They went bankrupt in 2012.
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There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were originally considered a delicacy, only enjoyed by those of the upper class.
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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