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    The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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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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    Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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    The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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    Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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    The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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