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    Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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    Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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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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    The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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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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    Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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