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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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    There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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    The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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    Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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    The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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