The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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