A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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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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The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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