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The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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Nuclear Survivor
In 1945, a man survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, spent the night, caught the morning train so he could arrive at his job on time - in Nagasaki - where he survived another atomic blast.
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Shortest War
The shortest war on record was fought between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
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Alexander Selkirk
Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor, was left stranded on a deserted island in 1704, but survived for over 4 years, partly by using feral cats to protect him from ravenous rats that attacked during the night.
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Nobuo Fujita
The Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WW2 returned years later to present his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city as a symbol of regret.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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