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    No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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    Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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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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    Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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    The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
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    The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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    A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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