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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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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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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In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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