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    Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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    Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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    In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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    The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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    The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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