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London’s Big Ben was originally supposed to be named ‘Royal Victoria.’
The famous clock tower was designed to honor Queen Victoria, but during construction, workers began calling it 'Big Ben' after Sir Benjamin Hall, the project's overseer. The nickname stuck despite official attempts to use the royal name. Technically, 'Big Ben' refers only to the bell, not the tower.
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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....