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    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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    The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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    Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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    The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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    Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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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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    February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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    Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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