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    The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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    The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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    Derinkuyu Underground City
    Derinkuyu Underground City
    In 1963, a man found a mysterious room behind a wall in his home that lead to a huge underground city that once housed up to 20,000 people, complete with schools, livestock pens, and food stores, dating back over a millennium.
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    Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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    The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.
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    The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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