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    Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
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    In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executed.
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    No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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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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    Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War 2.
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    The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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    Nobuo Fujita
    Nobuo Fujita
    The Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WW2 returned years later to present his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city as a symbol of regret.
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    The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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