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    Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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    The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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    In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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    Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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    In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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