In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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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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Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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