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    English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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    Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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    The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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    Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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    Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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    A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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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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    It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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