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    "Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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    A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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    The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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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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    The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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    Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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    The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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    Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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