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    If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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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 who designed the first American Flag.
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    Tsar Bomba
    Tsar Bomba
    The largest nuclear bomb ever built, the Tsar Bomba, caused damage up to approximately 1,000km away.
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    In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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