The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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