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    "Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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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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    Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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    Moustache Tea Cups
    Moustache Tea Cups
    In the Victorian era, they had special tea cups that protected your moustache from getting dunked in your tea.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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    Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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