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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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    In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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    Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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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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    Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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    The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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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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    Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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