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Elizabeth Freeman essentially ended slavery in Massachusetts
The Voronet Monastery- a medieval Romanian monastery known as “The Sistine Chapel of the East”
The oldest winery in the world is 6100 years old & it’s located in a cave in Armenia
An army of 1000 Japanese soldiers was decimated by saltwater crocodiles during the Battle of Ramree Island of World War II.
Wall Street is so named because an actual wall was built by Dutch settlers in the 17th century
Built in the 19th Century, the U Bein Bridge is believed to be the oldest and longest teakwood bridge in the world
Murphy’s Haystacks: South Australia’s version of Stonehenge, estimated to be over 1,500 million years old
French doctor and inventor Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope because he was too shy to put his ear to a woman’s chest
“Miss Subways”-a beauty contest in New York City which celebrated the everyday working girl
Ganvié which literally means “We’ve survived” is Africa’s largest town on stilts
