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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Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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