In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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An underwater forest off the coast of Alabama that is 50,000 years old was uncovered by Hurricane Katrina.
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It's still possible to see the division between East and West Germany due to different light bulbs.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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