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TIL The ancient Kingdom of Benin (Edo State, Nigeria) has the largest man-made structure, considered as the largest single archaeological phenomenon on earth. Four times longer than the Great Wall of China, and consumed a hundred times more material than the Great Pyramid of Giza.

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