In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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The native Americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
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France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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