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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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    Nuclear Survivor
    Nuclear Survivor
    In 1945, a man survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, spent the night, caught the morning train so he could arrive at his job on time - in Nagasaki - where he survived another atomic blast.
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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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    The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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    Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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    The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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    During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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    Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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