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    The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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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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    The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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    Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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    Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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    Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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    Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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