In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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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 Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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