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    Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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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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    In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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    If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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    To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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    London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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