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    Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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    The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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    Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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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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    Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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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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    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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    When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.
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