The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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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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In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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