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    Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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    Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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    In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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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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    Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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    Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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