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    The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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    Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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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 World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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    In the great fire of London, in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
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    The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
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    Nuclear Survivor
    Nuclear Survivor
    In 1945, a man survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, spent the night, caught the morning train so he could arrive at his job on time - in Nagasaki - where he survived another atomic blast.
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    Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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