Random Historical Facts

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39) Mansa Musa was so rich he crashed the price of gold in numerous places.

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40. Since Māori hunted Moa and were hunted by Hast’s eagles, that means pirates and dinosaurs did coexist. Take that Brain!

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2. Mansa Musa was among the wealthiest people in Africa.

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It’s fine.
41. Tisquantum/Squanto plotted to kill Massasoit and become Grand Ruler of the Wampanoag.

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42. Medieval Cambridge colleges used to collect rent payments in saffron, rather than money .

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43. Native Americans might’ve crossed the Atlantic early as 60 BC.

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44. The world's urban population exceeded its rural population for the first time in 2007 (according to UN estimates).