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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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    The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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    The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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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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    The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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    The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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