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    Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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    Voltaire's Last Words
    Voltaire's Last Words
    When Voltaire was asked to renounce Satan on his deathbed, his last words were: "This is no time for making new enemies."
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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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    Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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    Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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    In ancient Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose!
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