The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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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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The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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