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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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    Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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    The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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    Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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    The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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