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    In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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    The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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    Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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    In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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    When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.
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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    Tsar Bomba
    Tsar Bomba
    The largest nuclear bomb ever built, the Tsar Bomba, caused damage up to approximately 1,000km away.
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    The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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