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    Tsar Bomba
    Tsar Bomba
    The largest nuclear bomb ever built, the Tsar Bomba, caused damage up to approximately 1,000km away.
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    Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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    Voltaire's Last Words
    Voltaire's Last Words
    When Voltaire was asked to renounce Satan on his deathbed, his last words were: "This is no time for making new enemies."
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    The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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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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