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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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    Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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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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    No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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    In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih, once a prostitute, became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of China during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.
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    The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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