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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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    In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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    Mincome
    Mincome
    An experimental program in Canada in the 1970s gave everyone a minimum income just for being a citizen.
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    Japanese Holdout
    Japanese Holdout
    After World War 2 ended in 1945, a Japanese officer named Hiroo Onoda didn't surrender and continued the war for 29 years because he didn't know that Japan had surrendered and the war was over.
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    Alexander Selkirk
    Alexander Selkirk
    Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor, was left stranded on a deserted island in 1704, but survived for over 4 years, partly by using feral cats to protect him from ravenous rats that attacked during the night.
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    Nicholas Alkemade
    Nicholas Alkemade
    Nicholas Alkemade, a pilot during World War 2, survived falling 18,000 feet after jumping from a burning Lancaster bomber.
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    Moustache Tea Cups
    Moustache Tea Cups
    In the Victorian era, they had special tea cups that protected your moustache from getting dunked in your tea.
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    The dildo was invented at least 22,000 years before the wheel.
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