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    Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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    The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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    There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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    Nuclear Survivor
    Nuclear Survivor
    In 1945, a man survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, spent the night, caught the morning train so he could arrive at his job on time - in Nagasaki - where he survived another atomic blast.
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    The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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    When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.
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    In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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