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    Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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    Candle Clocks
    Candle Clocks
    Before clocks, there were candle clocks that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder.
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    The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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    Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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    The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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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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