If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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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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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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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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