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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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    Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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    When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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    There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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    Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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    Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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