In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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