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    The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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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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    During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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    In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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    The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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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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