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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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    Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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    India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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    A WW2 observation pilot, bored of not being in combat, decided to strap 6 bazookas to his plane. He destroyed several enemy tanks and vehicles. His name was Lt. Col. Charles Carpenter, aka Bazooka Charlie / The Mad Major.
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    The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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    Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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