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    The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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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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    If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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    Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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    If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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    In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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    Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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