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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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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