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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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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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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There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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