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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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    Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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    At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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    A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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    It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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    The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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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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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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