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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 Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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    There’s a Swedish power metal band called “Sabaton” who teach history through their music, including an album devoted to teaching about World War Two.
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    There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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    Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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