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    The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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    Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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    The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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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 first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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    Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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