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    The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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    The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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    In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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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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    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 Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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    In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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