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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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    The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Ancient gladiators were mostly vegetarians whose diet consisted mainly of grains, beans, and dried fruit, washed down with a vinegar and plant ash tonic.
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    February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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    Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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    The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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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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