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    Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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    Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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    A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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    Candle Clocks
    Candle Clocks
    Before clocks, there were candle clocks that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder.
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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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    Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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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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    In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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