In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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In 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
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