During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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