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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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    Fire Hydrant Patent
    Fire Hydrant Patent
    No one really knows who invented the fire hydrant, because its patent was burned in a fire.
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    Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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    The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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    The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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    Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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    The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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