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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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    Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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    Winston Churchill's Letter of Apology for Escaping from Prison
    Before escaping prison, Winston Churchill left a letter of apology on his bed. The letter began: "I have the honour to inform you that as I do not consider that your Government have any right to detain me as a military prisoner, I have decided to escape from your custody."
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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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    Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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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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