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    Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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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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    During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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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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    A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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    In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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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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