Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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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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In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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