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    Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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    During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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    The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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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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    The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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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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