On the day that Alexander Graham Bell was buried the entire US telephone system was shut down for 1 minute in tribute.

On average, a man spends about five months of his life shaving.

The Taj Mahal, located in Agra, India, was actually built for use as a tomb by Mogul ruler Shah Jehan for his wife, Arjuman Banu Begum.

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