7 Weird Things No One Will Tell You About America
Saddam Hussein Had Detroit’s City Key
Yes, you read that correctly. In 1979, when Saddam Hussein became president of Iraq, Sunni Muslim Reverend Jacob Yasso of Detroit publicly congratulated him for his success and rise to power. Saddam noticed the congratulation and invited Yasso to Iraq, where under the blessing of then Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, Saddam was presented with a symbolic key to the city. While this may seem strange now, at the time they shared the mutual enemy of Iran. There’s a lesson, kids – never make friends with someone just because you both don’t like something!
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John F Kennedy’s Brain is Missing
You would think that the brain of a legendary president who was shot and killed would be something that you would keep tabs on, but unfortunately someone at the National Archives had an off day when President Kennedy’s post-autopsy remains came in and his brain was misplaced. Either that or, as conspiracy theorists will point out, someone stole the brain to cover up facts of his assassination. Theories aside, the brain is still missing to this day.
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