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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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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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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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 site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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