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2,000 years

AGE of a small charred loaf of bread recently discovered under a construction site in Switzerland. Experts think the site may have once been a Roman military base dating back to the 1st century.

Source: Popular Science

$117

AMOUNT a Parisian man spent on a charity raffle ticket earlier this year. He ended up winning a painting (left) by famed Spanish artist Pablo Picasso worth $1 million.

Source: Associated Press

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