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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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    The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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    Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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    In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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    The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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    The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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