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    In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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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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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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    The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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    Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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    The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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    Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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