In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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