Thousands of years ago, in what’s now the country of Turkey, historians say someone decided to breed a horse with a donkey. Thus the mule was born. The sturdy hybrids were soon used all over the world. And while cars and trucks have mostly replaced them by now, there’s a famous spot where these beasts of burden still reign supreme.
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