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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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    London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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    The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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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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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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