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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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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