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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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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High Heels were originally made for men in the 16th century.
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No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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