Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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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 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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Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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