The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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The exact cause of death and burial site of Genghis Khan is unknown, because all of the 2000 funeral guests and 800 soldiers were killed in order to preserve the secret.
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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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 original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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