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    India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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    Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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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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    When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.
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    Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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