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TIL that the Imperial House of Japan is the oldest continuous hereditary monarchy in the world, having been traditionally founded in 660 BC, while the oldest historically-attested evidence of the dynasty dates to 539 AD, which was the start of Emperor Kinmei, who was the 29th Emperor to rule.

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