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    Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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    Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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    The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
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    The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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    Derinkuyu Underground City
    Derinkuyu Underground City
    In 1963, a man found a mysterious room behind a wall in his home that lead to a huge underground city that once housed up to 20,000 people, complete with schools, livestock pens, and food stores, dating back over a millennium.
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    The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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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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