The Great Wall stretches for about 4,500 miles across North China.

The movie that grossed the most money that was adapted from a T.V. cartoon is Scooby-Doo.

The system of democracy was introduced 2 500 years ago in Athens, Greece. The oldest existing governing body operates in Althing in Iceland. It was established in 930 AD.

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