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    Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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    The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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    Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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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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    London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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    Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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