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    Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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    In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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    India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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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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    Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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    Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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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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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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