In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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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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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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