The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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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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During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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