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    Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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    The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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    The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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    The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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    During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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    There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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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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    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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