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    In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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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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    The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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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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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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    There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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