The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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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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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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