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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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    A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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    The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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    Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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    Fire Hydrant Patent
    Fire Hydrant Patent
    No one really knows who invented the fire hydrant, because its patent was burned in a fire.
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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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