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By unclehistory in UNCLE HISTORY
February 29, 1784: The Marquis de Sade is transferred from the fortress at Vincennes to the Bastille because it offered better spankings.
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By unclehistory in UNCLE HISTORY
February 28, 1986: Mrs. Margerie Nelson sends coworkers pictures of her cats dressed like people and the Internet is born. To see more Uncle History, CLICK HERE
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Eeeuww!! Gross!! Don't touch her, she's got the Cooties!!
By unclehistory in UNCLE HISTORY
February 23, 1954: Mass polio vaccines begin. The victory against polio is followed by the unfortunate defeat against cooties when researchers discovered they could only successfully innoculate boys. The male-dominated AMA chalked the failure of the vaccine to girls being ...
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By unclehistory in UNCLE HISTORY
February 24, 1886 Thomas Edison marries Mina Miller. He made her out of tubes.
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By unclehistory in UNCLE HISTORY
February 17, 1891: The Guns & Opium Club meets for its national conference in Washington, D.C. Rage-fueled members leave the nation's capital in smoldering ruins, forcing many citizens to flee for their lives. The following year, the group changes its ...
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Charles Dickens, spinning in his grave
By unclehistory in UNCLE HISTORY
February 16, 2009: Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" is rewritten in emoticons. The book's classic first sentence now reads: :) , :(
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By unclehistory in UNCLE HISTORY
February 14, 2006: Charles M. Brown is arrested after terrorizing a Hallmark store in Encino, Calif. Brown threatened patrons and staff with a baseball bat, screaming "Even the damn dog gets Valentines!"
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By unclehistory in UNCLE HISTORY
February 13, 1633: Galileo appears for his Inqusition. He was officially charged with "sayin' stuff what's differnt." The Inquisition's code, "We ain't takin' crap from no facts," has been followed by numerous politicians since.
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By unclehistory in UNCLE HISTORY
February 3, 1931: The Arkansas Legislature votes to pray for the soul of H.L. Mencken after the writer refers to the state as "Moronia." You know, there are some things not even Uncle History can improve. To see more Uncle ...
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By unclehistory in UNCLE HISTORY
February 2, 1962: Neptune and Pluto align for the first time in 400 years, and somewhere in North Platte, Neb., Mrs. Bev Anderson inexplicably decides to make a meatloaf for supper. To see more Uncle History, CLICK HERE