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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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    If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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    It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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    The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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    Chinese General With Only 100 Men Made An Army of 150,000 Retreat
    According to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Shu general Zhuge Liang had to defend a town with a mere 100 troops against an army of 150,000. He hid his men, flung open the gates, and sat on the walls playing a lute. The opposing general of Wei, Sima Yi, certain it was a trap, ordered a retreat.
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    Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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    India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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