The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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