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    The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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    In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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    No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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    Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Ancient gladiators were mostly vegetarians whose diet consisted mainly of grains, beans, and dried fruit, washed down with a vinegar and plant ash tonic.
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    The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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