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    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Vegetarian Gladiators
    Ancient gladiators were mostly vegetarians whose diet consisted mainly of grains, beans, and dried fruit, washed down with a vinegar and plant ash tonic.
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    Nobuo Fujita
    Nobuo Fujita
    The Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WW2 returned years later to present his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city as a symbol of regret.
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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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    In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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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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    Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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    Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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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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