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    Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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    In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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    There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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    The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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    Japanese Holdout
    Japanese Holdout
    After World War 2 ended in 1945, a Japanese officer named Hiroo Onoda didn't surrender and continued the war for 29 years because he didn't know that Japan had surrendered and the war was over.
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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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    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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    The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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