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    To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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    Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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    The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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    Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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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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    Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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    Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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    The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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