Dante, Italy's greatest poet, now lies in a tomb in Ravenna, illuminated by an oil lamp lit since September 1908. Dante's hometown, Florence, has undertaken to keep the lamp burning for all eternity, Abdul Hassan Ali, who at the age of 16 became the Caliph of Egypt, invited 2,660 of the most beautiful young ladies of Cairo to a sumptuous feast. As soon as the building was filled, a company of masons was ordered to seal up all exits with brick and mortar. Six months later, the mad ruler ordered the doors opened and had the young captive skeletons removed for burial. The revenge was for a slight offered him by the Egyptian capital. Believe It or Not!
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