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    In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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    The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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    Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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    There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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    In 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
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