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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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    Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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    The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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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 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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    A WW2 observation pilot, bored of not being in combat, decided to strap 6 bazookas to his plane. He destroyed several enemy tanks and vehicles. His name was Lt. Col. Charles Carpenter, aka Bazooka Charlie / The Mad Major.
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    Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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    The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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