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    Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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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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    Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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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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    Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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    Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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    When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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    The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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