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    The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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    The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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    The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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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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    Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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    Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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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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    During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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