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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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    The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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    There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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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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    Moustache Tea Cups
    Moustache Tea Cups
    In the Victorian era, they had special tea cups that protected your moustache from getting dunked in your tea.
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    Ancient Fart Battles
    Ancient Fart Battles
    There are scrolls from the Edo period of Japan that suggest fart battles took place. The drawings show men blasting farts at other men, women, and even a cat.
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    The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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