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    Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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    In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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    In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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    When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.
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    In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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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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    Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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