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    After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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    Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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    Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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    In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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    Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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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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    Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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