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    When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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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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    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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    There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
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    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih, once a prostitute, became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of China during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.
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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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    Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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    In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.
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