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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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    Moustache Tea Cups
    Moustache Tea Cups
    In the Victorian era, they had special tea cups that protected your moustache from getting dunked in your tea.
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    In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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    A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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    Rocket Mail
    Rocket Mail
    In 1959, the USPS attempted to deliver mail via cruise missile and successfully shipped 3,000 pieces of mail from Virginia to Florida in 22 minutes.
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    Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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    Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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