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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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    A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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    During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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    If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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    Japanese Holdout
    Japanese Holdout
    After World War 2 ended in 1945, a Japanese officer named Hiroo Onoda didn't surrender and continued the war for 29 years because he didn't know that Japan had surrendered and the war was over.
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    The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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    In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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