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A recent popular Reddit post alleged that the construction of the Taj Mahal incurred 7.4 million deaths and cost the equivalent of nearly 12 billion kilograms of rice. Is there any truth to this statement?

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A recent popular Reddit post alleged that the construction of the Taj Mahal incurred 7.4 million deaths and cost the equivalent of nearly 12 billion kilograms of rice. Is there any truth to this statement?	836
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