The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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