The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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If Earth's history was condensed into twenty-four hours, life would've appeared at around 4am, land plants at 10:24pm, dinosaur extinction at 11:41pm, and human history would’ve began at 11:58:43pm.
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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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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