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    Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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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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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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    Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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    A monk had once written over a book that contained information about calculus that was written by Archimedes in ancient Greece that could have made us 100 or even 1000 years more mathematically and technologically advanced.
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    Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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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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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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