If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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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 average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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