The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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