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    The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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    In the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.
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    The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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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 first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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    There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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