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    In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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    India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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    There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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    Nobuo Fujita
    Nobuo Fujita
    The Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WW2 returned years later to present his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city as a symbol of regret.
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    Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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    The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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    Derinkuyu Underground City
    Derinkuyu Underground City
    In 1963, a man found a mysterious room behind a wall in his home that lead to a huge underground city that once housed up to 20,000 people, complete with schools, livestock pens, and food stores, dating back over a millennium.
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    The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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