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    In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
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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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    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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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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    Napoleon Bonaparte thought torture should be abolished because the information obtained from it is worthless.
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    Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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    There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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