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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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    At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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    The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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