In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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A WW2 observation pilot, bored of not being in combat, decided to strap 6 bazookas to his plane. He destroyed several enemy tanks and vehicles. His name was Lt. Col. Charles Carpenter, aka Bazooka Charlie / The Mad Major.
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The exact cause of death and burial site of Genghis Khan is unknown, because all of the 2000 funeral guests and 800 soldiers were killed in order to preserve the secret.
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