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1. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the fifth richest man in the history of mankind - donated 5 tons gold to the National Defence Funds of India and was using the Jacob Diamond as a paperweight.

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1. During the Zong Massacre, in 1781, a British slave ship threw 130 chained African slaves overboard and claimed compensation under the ship's insurance. They falsely blamed the act on water shortage and lost their case.

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01. Women in Victorian England didn't usually marry as teenagers. Englishwomen's average age at marriage was 26 in the year 1800, and during that century was never lower than 22. #women #female #woman #history #victoria #classic

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History was one of our favorite subjects in school. There's no end to how much you can learn about the world and the people in it. Have you ever wondered how

1. Anybody, dead or alive, traveling into France requires a passport. In 1974, the Egyptian government had to issue a passport to Pharaoh, Ramesses II to transport his body to France for restoration. Eerily, his body also received full military honors when it arrived at the Paris airport.