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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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    Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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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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    In the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.
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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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    The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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    In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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    The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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