The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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During WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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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 Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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