In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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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 site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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