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    Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
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    Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
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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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    There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
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    In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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    The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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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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    Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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