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    There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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    Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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    Moustache Tea Cups
    Moustache Tea Cups
    In the Victorian era, they had special tea cups that protected your moustache from getting dunked in your tea.
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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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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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    Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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    In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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