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    Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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    Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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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 oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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    No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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