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    In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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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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    Fire Hydrant Patent
    Fire Hydrant Patent
    No one really knows who invented the fire hydrant, because its patent was burned in a fire.
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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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    Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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    The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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    Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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