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    It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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    Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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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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    No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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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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    Nuclear Survivor
    Nuclear Survivor
    In 1945, a man survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, spent the night, caught the morning train so he could arrive at his job on time - in Nagasaki - where he survived another atomic blast.
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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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    During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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