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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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    "Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
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    The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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    Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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    During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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    Tsar Bomba
    Tsar Bomba
    The largest nuclear bomb ever built, the Tsar Bomba, caused damage up to approximately 1,000km away.
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