In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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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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The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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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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