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Ancient Egyptians had paid maternity leave.
Workers at the royal construction site of Deir el-Medina were given paid leave for family matters, including pregnancy. Records from around 1500 BCE show that women were given a paid leave of up to two months for pregnancy and childbirth. They also received free medical care during this period and job security.
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The first recorded game of cricket was played in 1550 as a court case.
The earliest documented evidence of cricket comes from a court case in Surrey, England, where a man testified...
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Napoleon was once attacked by thousands of rabbits.
In 1807, Napoleon arranged a rabbit hunt to entertain his guests. His chief of staff collected thousands of...
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The Great Pyramid of Giza had a modern-day equivalent price tag of $1.2 billion.
Ancient records show that building the Great Pyramid required approximately 4 million stone blocks and took 20 years....