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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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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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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Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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