In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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