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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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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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    The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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    A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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    Tsar Bomba
    Tsar Bomba
    The largest nuclear bomb ever built, the Tsar Bomba, caused damage up to approximately 1,000km away.
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    In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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