The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne, and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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