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    Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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    Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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    It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
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    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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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 first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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    The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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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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