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✓Pyramids took 10-20 years to build and used 2.3 million stone blocks

✓Egyptians invented toothpaste, breath mints, and early forms of medicine

✓The Roman road system was over 250,000 miles long

✓The Colosseum could hold 50,000-80,000 people

✓The Black Death killed an estimated 75-200 million people

✓Medieval castles had thick walls, towers, and moats to defend against attacks

✓Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa and designed flying machines 400 years before airplanes

✓The printing press helped spread the Renaissance ideas across Europe

✓The Industrial Revolution started in Britain and spread to other countries

✓Factory workers, including children, worked 12-16 hours a day

✓World War I killed more soldiers than any war before it

✓Soldiers in trenches faced constant danger from bullets, shells, and poison gas

✓World War II lasted 6 years and killed 70-85 million people

✓The Holocaust killed 6 million Jewish people, as well as gypsies, disabled people, and political prisoners

✓The Cold War was called 'cold' because there was no direct military battle

✓Both countries had enough nuclear weapons to destroy the world many times over

✓Ethiopia is one of the few countries with its own ancient alphabet (Ge'ez)

✓Ethiopia was the only African country to resist European colonization

✓The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776, which is why Americans celebrate Independence Day on July 4

✓George Washington never actually had wooden teeth - this is a false story

✓The storming of the Bastille is celebrated in France on July 14 as Bastille Day

✓The French Revolution inspired other countries to fight for democracy