Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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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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India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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The exact cause of death and burial site of Genghis Khan is unknown, because all of the 2000 funeral guests and 800 soldiers were killed in order to preserve the secret.
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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