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    In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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    The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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    Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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    The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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    Rocket Mail
    Rocket Mail
    In 1959, the USPS attempted to deliver mail via cruise missile and successfully shipped 3,000 pieces of mail from Virginia to Florida in 22 minutes.
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    In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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    The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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    Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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