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    India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih, once a prostitute, became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of China during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.
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    In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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    Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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    In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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    Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
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