In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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