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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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    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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    Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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    Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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    Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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    The exact cause of death and burial site of Genghis Khan is unknown, because all of the 2000 funeral guests and 800 soldiers were killed in order to preserve the secret.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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