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    The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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    The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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    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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    During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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    The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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    Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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