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    Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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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 Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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    Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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    Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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    The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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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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