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    In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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    The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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    During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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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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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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    Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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    The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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