Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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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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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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