The palace of Shazmashahi in Srinagar, Kashmir has been air-conditioned for 400 years. It's still cooled by a river that was diverted to run through it in the 16th century. Shamil, a Caucasian leader who waged holy war against the Russians for 25 years, once captured the Tsar's uncle in an ambush. He was offered a million rubles in ransom, but he slyly refused it. I will not accept one kopeck less than 5,000 rubles, he announced. Actually, he had no idea how much a million was. Later, Shamil was superseded by another native son, one Ioseb Jughashvili, whose conspiratorial name was Stalin. Believe It or Not!
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