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41. The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!

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42. The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.

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43. The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!

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44. The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.

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45. The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!

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46. The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.

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47. The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!

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48. The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!

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49. The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.

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50. The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.

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51. The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.

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52. The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!

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53. The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!

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54. The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

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55. The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.

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56. The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.

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57. Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.

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58. Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.

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59. Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!

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60. No one knows who designed the first American Flag.

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61. No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.

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62. Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.

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63. London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!

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64. Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.

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65. Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!

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66. It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!

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67. India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

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68. In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.

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69. In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.

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70. In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!

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71. In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.

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72. In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!

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73. In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.

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74. In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.

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75. In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.

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76. In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.

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77. If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.

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78. Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.

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79. Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.

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80. Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.

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