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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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    The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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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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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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    If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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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 Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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