In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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