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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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    In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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    The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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    London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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