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    Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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    "Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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    Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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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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    Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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    Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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    France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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