strange

@ - Soviet biologist Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov attempted to impregnate a chimpanzee with human sperm, but failed in his quest to make a "humanzee." 

@ - In 755 A.D. the An Lushan rebellionagainst the Chinese Tang Dynasty resulted in 36 million deaths, or one-sixth of the entire world population.

@ - in colonial America pregnant women didn't receive painkillers during delivery because pain was considered God's punishment for Eve's eating the forbidden fruit. 

@ - Saddam Hussein was given the key to the city of Detroit.