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... that the lapis lazuli inlays used in the 25th-century BC Statue of Ebih-Il (pictured), discovered in ancient Mari in Syria, were imported from as far east as Afghanistan?
... that the rediscovery of the long-lost Roman colony of Carteia in Spain led to Sir Isaac Newton's niece finding a husband?
... that at 12,095 feet (3,687 m) in elevation, Colorado's Independence Pass is the highest paved crossing of the Continental Divide in the United States?

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