The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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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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The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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