The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

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During the 1600s, tulips were so valuable in Holland that their bulbs were worth more than gold. The craze was called tulip mania, or tulipomania, and caused the crash of the Dutch economy.

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The world’s oldest wooden wheel has been around for more than 5,000 years.

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Big Ben’s clock stopped at 10:07 p.m. on 27 May 2005, most likely due to an extremely hot temperature of 90 degrees.

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Photographers asked subjects to say “prunes” instead of “cheese” when they took a picture.

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