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    The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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    Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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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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    Tsar Bomba
    Tsar Bomba
    The largest nuclear bomb ever built, the Tsar Bomba, caused damage up to approximately 1,000km away.
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    In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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    Lincoln and Darwin Birthday
    Lincoln and Darwin Birthday
    Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were born on the same day.
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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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