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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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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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    Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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    If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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    The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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