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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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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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    There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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    Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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    Alexander Selkirk
    Alexander Selkirk
    Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor, was left stranded on a deserted island in 1704, but survived for over 4 years, partly by using feral cats to protect him from ravenous rats that attacked during the night.
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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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    When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.
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