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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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    Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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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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    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih, once a prostitute, became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of China during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.
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    Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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    Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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    Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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