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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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    Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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    The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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    Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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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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    The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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    In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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