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    After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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    The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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    France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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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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    Ancient Fart Battles
    Ancient Fart Battles
    There are scrolls from the Edo period of Japan that suggest fart battles took place. The drawings show men blasting farts at other men, women, and even a cat.
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    Pineapples were such a status symbol in 18th century England that you could rent one for the evening to take to a party.
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    English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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    Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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