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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 universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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    Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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    When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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    In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih, once a prostitute, became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of China during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.
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    Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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    February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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