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Where was the signal given about the explosion of the dam, after which the Panama Canal was formed?

The opening of large technological facilities is often accompanied by the fact that the process is started by pressing a symbolic button by an official. When the Panama Canal was being built, they went even further: the button was placed right in the office of US President Woodrow Wilson. When he pressed it, the telegraph signal went to Panama, setting off the explosives at the dam. After the explosion, water from the artificial Gatun Lake flooded the Culebra Canal and it became possible for ships to pass along this path from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean.

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The beautiful Alcmene, the wife of the Tirynthian king Amphitryon, liked Zeus. Taking advantage of the absence of her husband, who fought against the tribes of teleboys, Zeus appeared to her, taking the form of Amphitryon.

Their wedding night lasted like three ordinary nights: Hermes, at the behest of Zeus, ordered Helios to put out the solar fires and stay at home all the next day, since the conception of a great warrior, as Zeus intended, should have taken place without haste. After that, Hermes ordered Selene to move more slowly, and Hypnos to make humanity so sleepy that no one would notice anything. Alcmene happily listened to Zeus's story about the crushing defeat that the teleboys suffered, and for thirty-six hours indulged in love pleasures with the one whom she considered her husband.

The next day, when the returned Amphitryon spared no words, telling Alcmene about his victory and his feelings for her, she, contrary to his expectations, was in no hurry to invite her husband to the marital bed. "We didn't close our eyes all last night," she complained. "Do I have to listen to the story of your exploits twice?" Puzzled by this answer, Amphitryon turned to the soothsayer, who said that Zeus was his lucky rival at night. After these words, Amphitrion never shared a bed with Alcmene, fearing divine jealousy.

Soon, sons were born to Alcmene at the same time - Iphicles from her husband and Hercules from Zeus.

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