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    February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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    Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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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 time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
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    In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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