You can tell how fast you're traveling on a train by listening to the number of rail clicks, The Gyndes River, now known as the Diyala in Iraq, is the only river that was sentenced to death and executed. The prosecutor in the case was King Cyrus of Persia. While crossing the river, he lost one of his sacred white horses in a drowning accident. The king was so incensed, he ordered channels dug to divert the waters of the river. And the river did die for 1,000 years until the sands dried up the channels and the river flowed once again over its original course. Believe It or Not!
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