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    The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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    Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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    The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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    The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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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 chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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    Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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    Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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