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    Mozart composed a song titled "Leck mich im Arsch", which translates to "Lick me in the arse".
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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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    During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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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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    At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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    Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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    Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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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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