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TIL in 1954 an archaeologist discovered 1,224 intact pieces of wood from 2500BC under the Great Pyramid of Giza. A boat builder then spent 14 years figuring out how they fit together and un-warping them to assemble the "Khufu ship", visible in a museum today.

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