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    Chinese General With Only 100 Men Made An Army of 150,000 Retreat
    According to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Shu general Zhuge Liang had to defend a town with a mere 100 troops against an army of 150,000. He hid his men, flung open the gates, and sat on the walls playing a lute. The opposing general of Wei, Sima Yi, certain it was a trap, ordered a retreat.
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    During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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    The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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    Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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    Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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    There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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