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    Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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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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    Tsar Bomba
    Tsar Bomba
    The largest nuclear bomb ever built, the Tsar Bomba, caused damage up to approximately 1,000km away.
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    In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih, once a prostitute, became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of China during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.
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    There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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    In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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