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    There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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    In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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    Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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    Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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    The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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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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    Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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