In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne, and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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