India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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