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    Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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    The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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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 WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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    Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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    At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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    Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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    Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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