These True Facts Sound Incredibly Fake

Close to Cleopatra

Cleopatra is likely the most famous Egyptian leader in all of history. You probably imagine she was alive thousands of years ago, but such is not the case. In fact, Cleopatra was closer in history to the invention of the iPhone than she was to the construction of the Great Pyramid. Maybe she was more like a millennial than she was an original Egyptian!

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.