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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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    A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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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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    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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