Fact #5

Chocolate can kill dogs
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Chocolate contains theobromine that is toxic to dogs in sufficient quantities. This is a xanthine compound in the same family of caffeine, and theophylline.

Fact #4

Ketchup was used as medicine
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Ketchup was sold in the United States as a patented medicine in the 1830's. It was known as "Dr. Miles' Compound Extract of Tomato."

Fact #3

Sneeze can kill
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If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head.

Fact #2

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
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Peanut oil can be processed to produce glycerol, which can be used to make nitroglycerin, one of the constituents of dynamite.

Fact #1

Saddam Hussein got the key to Detroit in 1980
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Saddam Hussein donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to a Detroit church and received a key to the city more than two decades ago, soon after he became president of Iraq.

The events contrast sharply with the attack Saddam's regime is now facing from a U.S.-led coalition, reflecting his changed relationship with the United States since Washington helped Saddam covertly in his 1980-88 war with Iran.