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    Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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    Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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    The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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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 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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    Pirate Jean Lafitte Countered Governor's $500 Bounty for Him with a $5,000 Bounty for Governor
    When pirate Jean Lafitte saw the governor advertising a $500 reward for his capture, Lafitte offered $5,000 for the capture of the governor.
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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