The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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In 1518, a "dancing plague" struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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